I Am Alive for Evermore!

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It had been many years since the apostle John shared a fish breakfast, on the shores of Galilee, with Jesus Christ. He had seen the Lord on several occasions after His resurrection. Now, in the twilight of his life, banished by the Roman Emperor to the island of Patmos, John receives another view of the living Christ. Jesus said, “Behold, …

I have the scars to prove it

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One of John McCain’s punch lines during his two-year campaign in the 2008 United States Presidential election was “I’ve got the scars to prove it.” He was referring to the wounds he sustained when he was a prisoner of war. John McCain was engaged in a war of mortal combat when he sustained those wounds. Thank God, he is alive …

The Worst Pandemic

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The World Health Organization has set out three essential characteristics of a pandemic: It must be a new virus to which no one is immune; it is capable of producing a fatal illness; and it can be transmitted from one person to another. In 1918 a flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) spread to nearly every part …

Shut Out!

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For some people who had been officially invited to Washington to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, it became a day of bitter disappointment. When those who had tickets to the purple section on the Capitol grounds showed up at 6:00 a.m., they were directed into the Third Street Tunnel, but something went wrong. They waited until 10:30 a.m., …

Does it cost to be a Christian?

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Some of you are already answering, “Yes, it would cost me some of my friends if I became a Christian. I would have to stop going to some of the places of amusement that I frequent. There are habits that I would have to change.” You might name these and other things that you consider as costs, but let’s look …