Tag Archives: grace

Hypocrisy

This is strange:  “A mystery detainee who allegedly created a bogus identity as an Englishnobleman by assuming the name of a dead baby is actually an American who went missing from Florida more than 20 years ago, his relatives say. more »

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Everything Else is Great!

My family sometimes makes gallon-sized gift bags for the homeless.  The bags contain socks, chapstick, handiwipes, snacks, and a few other items that might be helpful to someone who has to live on the street. Not too long ago as more »

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More Than an Adjustment

A few years ago, I went to the Chiropractor for an “adjustment” even though I wasn’t scheduled for one, because my lower back had been sore and tight for 5 or 6 days.  I just needed a little tweak to more »

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No Ordinary King

Brothers and sisters, God is Great, and His power is at work in and through the people of CTR in mighty ways!  I just wanted to share an example of that with you with a portion of a letter Greg more »

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Good and God

Recently, USA Today published an article titled, “As Atheists know, You Can Be Good Without God” by Professor Jerry A. Coyne.  The accompanying picture displayed a modern take on the classic evolution of man diagram.  There were five humanoid figures more »

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A Dry Worm

Once, when I was out jogging, I found a worm out in the road, wiggling desperately to get back to the grass past the curb.  You could tell that, in the cool and damp of the morning, he decided to more »

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Bargaining Prayer

A little boy once wrote, “Dear God, if you give me a genie lamp like Aladdin I will give you anything you want except my money or my chess set.  Raphael.” Ever feel like your prayer time is a bargaining more »

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Not the Right Shape

A few years ago Yahoo news reported: “Leading astronomers declared (today) that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight….For now, membership will be restricted to the eight more »

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Matthew

After nearly two decades of ridicule, a father recently agreed to change his son’s name from Mai Phat Sau Nghin Ruoi, “Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred,” the amount he was forced to pay in local currency for ignoring Vietnam’s more »

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Devotion – Grudges

A few years ago, Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, called for the anniversary of his death (December to become a worldwide day of forgiveness but said she could not yet absolve her husband’s killer.  She said, “As the more »

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