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Impacted by Christ

February 28, 2011

The beloved disciple wrote, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched, we make known unto you regarding the Word that…

Being Enslaved Again?

February 27, 2011

Jesus leveled this charge against his legislators, “They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger” (Mt.23: 4). Paul stressed to the Galatians, “For you were…

Being Persistent Pays

February 26, 2011

I am a Greek woman and I lived in Tyre. It was a Syrian and Phoenician country. Alexander the Great had left some wounded behind and I was one of their offspring. I was also one of the misfortunate mothers…

Love never Fails

February 25, 2011

I was a sinner. That was what every one called me. I was not permitted to use my name in public. I lived in a man’s world. Women, particularly my kind, were treated with disrespect and ridicule. We were not…

Thank you Jesus

February 24, 2011

My comrades and I lived in isolation. We had no home and no country. We could not be seen in any town or village. To keep us out of town, people would leave food for us in designated places. They…

Our/My Destiny

February 23, 2011

Debate is more acceptable than a big stick. The Bible does encourage us to reason. However, there has to be a reason for a debate (Isa.1: 18). At the age of nine, the Nazis indoctrinated me and showed me how…

Can We Survive?

February 19, 2011

We are class conscious. It is not based on character or education but on what we can afford financially. We have the rich, then those that earn below $250,000 and those that survive on handouts. Mathematically we have 5% wealthy,…

Shackled by Greed

February 17, 2011

King Ahab of Israel coveted Naboth’s Vineyard. Naboth refused to trade or sell his family’s inheritance. The angry king went to bed sulking and refused to eat. Jezebel, Ahab’s Queen, learned about her husband’s tantrum and told him to get…

Never too Late!

February 13, 2011

Betty was one hundred and two. It was a rare privilege to be present at her memorial service. She was a person that was gifted with a young mind. When our church had to separate tradition from innovation, she sided…

Not a Fantasy

February 11, 2011

The Russian word for a collective farm is “Kolkhoz.” At first, the Bolsheviks disowned all the owners and coerced them into joining a collection of farms into one. Like the first Christians, they had all things in common (Ac.4: 32-37).…