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The following passage from I John 2:16 has bothered me for several years because it seems to indicate we must give up everything to be Christian: Do not love the

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Word Power

Words have the power to regenerate or repudiate. They bring courage or collapse. Every word we speak will ricochet right back to us.  If words are the most powerful destiny

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Winners and Losers

During the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament both University of North Carolina and Duke fans were spewing expletives, so much so that my son, Brad, left his

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Four Noble Truths Revisited

Just about every religion contains some truth. Only Christianity contains the complete truth. Let’s look at Buddhism, for example. I believe that Christians would agree with the Four Noble Truths of

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A Daily Focus Brings a Better Future

As the father of the Stoic philosophy Citium Zeno believed that the path to happiness comes from adjusting to those things we confront on our walk through life.  Health, wealth

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Philosophy for Troubled Times

I’m writing a book tentatively entitled, The Searching Pilgrim : A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to an Allegory about a man trying to find The Way to sanctification. 

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What Made Lincoln Great?

What made Abraham Lincoln one of the greatest, if not the greatest, President of the United States.  His father was a ne’er-do-well; his mother died when he was nine; his

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Abraham Lincoln’s Catafalque Dream

A few days prior to his assassination, Lincoln recounted the following dream: About ten days ago I retired very late. I had been up waiting for important dispatches from the

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With Malice Toward None

The people of Springfield, Illinois little realized what destiny held for Abraham Lincoln.  Most pitied him.   He suffered a melancholic depression after the love of his life, Ann Rutledge, died.

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