โYou say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the play and the opera. And grace before I open a book. And grace before sketching, painting, swimming, …
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It All Started With A Shoebox
Just before Christmas in 2000, a 7-year-old boy named Tyrel Wolfe stuffed a humble shoebox with simple gifts, along with a picture of himself dressed like a cowboy, and mailed …
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Meeting Mary
Youโve probably heard of Louie Giglio, the founder of Passion, a ministry that impacts hundreds of thousands of college students each year. Youโve probably heard of his best friend, Pastor …
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“He Died for Me!”
Nobody witnessed the crazed gunman sneak into Fordโs Theater the night Lincoln was shot, but many thousands saw the Presidentโs body as it journeyed by train from Washington to Springfield …
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The Presidential Pardon
Throughout his life, President Lincoln developed a reputation for compassion and forgiveness. Regardless of how grievous the offense, or how vile the offender, Lincoln was known to exercise his right …
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The Very First Thanksgiving?
Ahhh, Thanksgiving. The annual season set aside to grumble and complain amongst family and friends. Be careful what you allow Thanksgiving to turn into, this year.
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Being Thankful Was Sooooo Yesterday!
Itโs pretty sad that Thanksgiving is being eclipsed by an annual sale, but thatโs the state of our holiday mindset. Maybe thereโs some wisdom for all of us embedded in …
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Thank God? For What?
It makes sense when praise music is written inside the confines of bejeweled cathedrals or by the hands of those on a spiritual mountaintop. But the world-famous hymn of gratitude …
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A Life-Changing Game of Kickball
It was a normal game of kickball, by a normal group of kids, on a normal 4th of July. Even when the ball struck 9-year-old Jacob Holdaway in the head …
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Charles Spurgeon on Works
โThe commands of Christ are not upon the legal tenor of โthis do and live,โ but upon the gospel system of โlive and do this.โ We are not to be …