Dec 19, 2014 | Devotional |
I was watching the biography channel early this morning when a program featured the life story of Saddam Hussein. It was interesting to learn the meaning of the name Saddam. The word means “the one who confronts.” The commentator observed how Saddam has...
Dec 19, 2014 | Devotional |
Amidst cheers and tears of joy from NASA scientists, the robotic rover, Spirit, rolled off its platform and onto the surface of Mars this past week. Scientists planned for it to remain in one spot for three or four days as it began preliminary analysis on the soil and...
Dec 19, 2014 | Devotional |
It’s a strange thing to see the affinity that Christians often have for self condemnation. An attitude of self condemnation is nothing less than an assault on the finished work of Christ by seeking to punish ourselves for our own sins. To punish ourselves by...
Dec 19, 2014 | Devotional |
Embedded in the very heart of the message of grace is the promise of the possibility of a fresh start. The book of Lamentations leaves no doubt that the Abba of every Christian is One whose mercy and grace offers the opportunity to start over again and again....
Dec 19, 2014 | Devotional |
In The Chronicles of Narnia , C. S. Lewis wrote in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe about an occasion when Susan and Lucy ask Mr. and Mrs. Beaver to describe Aslan, the Christ-figure in the story. They ask if Aslan is a man. Mr. Beaver replies: Aslan a man?...
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