One of the tragedies of people being cold and indifferent spiritually is that they spread their spirit everywhere and to everyone.
Let me illustrate. I was talking with a fellow pastor one day and he mentioned a “bucket committee” in his church. I replied, “Bucket committee? I have never heard of such a thing. I thought our church had every committe...
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Pascal said that it is the pathetic fate of God to be everlastingly misunderstood. There is no area where this is more apparent than disaster and disease. Oftentimes the most horrible disasters are called “acts of God” and the most dreaded diseases are referred to as “God’s will.” Such talk should be forever banished from our lips! Calami...
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I once received a letter from a lady from Wisconsin whose daughter had been brutally murdered. She had read one of my books and wrote to ask, “Do you know what heaven is like? Has anyone ever come back from there to tell us about it?”
Her letter expresses one of the deepest longings of the human heart. “Does heaven have anything to...
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William Wilberforce, the British statesman and reformer, at the end of his life confessed to his son Henry, “I’m in a very distressed state.”
“Yes,” Henry replied, “but you have your feet on the Rock.”
When times of distress and trouble come, and they come to all of us, it’s time to check your foundation. W...
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