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RELIGION: Behind the mask
Our heroes often wear masks, so we don't know who they really are. Like Spider-Man and Batman and the Green Lantern and Zorro... and, of course, the original m…
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RELIGION: ‘Do you want to leave too?’
"From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him. So Jesus asked the Twelve, 'Do you want to leave too?' Simon Peter replied,…
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RELIGION: The conductor notices
Sir Michael Costa, the celebrated conductor, was holding a rehearsal. As the mighty chorus rang out, accompanied by scores of instruments, the piccolo player -…
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RELIGION: How to deal with criticism
We've all heard what Elbert Hubbard said: "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."
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RELIGION: Giving thanks is a fruit of faith
"It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness eve…
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RELIGION: The past is a foreign country
Not too long ago I began a sermon with reference to opening lines in great books. While doing detailed research on the topic (i.e. googling with my phone), one…
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RELIGION: Do you partake of Jesus, the bread of life?
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and are dead. T…
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RELIGION: The principle of the seed
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India died as a world-known figure. But who would have ever thought she would have attained such influence when she first began? Wha…
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RELIGION: No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him
How could Jesus be the life-giving Son of God, come down from heaven to give spiritual and eternal life to sinners? Jesus' Jewish hearers stumbled over this qu…
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