โConsider how precious a soul must be, when both God and the Devil are after it.โ
desire
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Keeping Up with the Joneses
Ahhโฆthe lottery. That extra tax on people who are really bad at math. Many believe itโd be great to hit the jackpot, or at least know the winner who strikes …
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StealingโฆWith Nothing to Show For It
Augustine of Hippo, better known as St. Augustine, wasnโt always a โsaint.โ In fact, in one of his most famous books, Confessions, the ancient church father bared his soul and …
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โI came to Him longing for something I did not have. I remain with Him because I have something I will not trade.โ
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I Don’t Want God to Exist
All of us look at our world and wish a few things didnโt exist. For example, most sane people agree there should be no hunger or war. Weโd love to …
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Some Jump for JoyโฆOthers Kneel
When she was 17 years old, Joni Eareckson dove into some water after misjudging its depth. The miscalculation left her paralyzed from the shoulders down and in a wheelchair for …
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โThere are only two ways to get enough. One is to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.โ
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Blaise Pascal on Belief
โPeople almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.โ
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Made for Another World
C.S. Lewis lived during a tough period in mankindโs history, the First and Second World Wars. All of Europe was thrown into suffering, and Mr. Lewisโ tragedy was compounded even …
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If someone wanted to give you a hundred dollar bill, would you take it? Yeahโฆlike everyone else, youโd probably pocket the cash. But what if that same hundred dollar bill …