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“And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 My cousin Floyd came to live with us when he was about nine years old, both his parents having died in the tuberculosis epidemic of the 1930s. When he was 75 he had a…

When we consider the matter of God’s will for our life, we usually think of major issues of guidance. For example, Which school should I attend? What job/career should I pursue? How can I use my talents/spiritual gift(s)? Whom should I marry? Where should I live? Although these kind of decisions do need divine guidance,…

What is the Christian life? That definitely was a question I had ten years ago–one that desperately needed an answer. Working for General Motors on the assembly line, with my Bible open before me and tears streaming down my face. my constant cries before God were: “What went wrong? Why am I so defeated? What…

Being raised in the Roman Catholic Church by wonderful and loving parents, I came to realize that I had a strong desire to do the will of the Lord in what I considered to be a special way. The only way I felt I could serve the Lord to the fullest was by entering religious…

Recently, another counselee ‘crossed the Jordan River’. It was evident that identification with Christ had gone from head to heart. Hallelujah! I prepared this 12 Stones list for him as a reminder of the rest of the Gospel. In the book of Joshua, the Lord miraculously parted the Jordan River (as He had parted the…

“To whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27). Part 2 The hope of glory Now let us turn to the experience resulting, “the hope of glory.” “Glory” here refers to the…

This Hurried Age This is the age of zip. The word “zip” is not to be found in the dictionary but it is prominent in the spirit of the day. When the supply of dazzling superlatives is exhausted, new words are coined to keep speeding things up faster and faster. Horse races, automobile races, motorcycle…

“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.” In order to have the right worldview–the true perspective on life–we need to grasp the ultimate purpose of our Creator. You don’t want to spend your whole life trying to climb the ladder…

Your Deliverance These (conflicted) psychological and physiological symptoms begin to disappear when one sees how God can deal with the root problem by dethroning the self-life. The Line Diagram shows the “life out of death” principle–God’s way of disposing of internal conflict. The horizontal line represents eternal life, the life of Christ. By definition, eternal…