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Give a Bible away
Last night I was chatting online with a friend whom I had reconnected with on Facebook after not having any contact for roughly seventeen years. We reconnected last April and it has been fantastic both reminiscing and playing catch up. I don’t know how we got on the subject, but last night she was sharing with me how I had given her a Bible that was the first readable one she ever had. She went on to share how meaningful that Bible had become over the years. I had encouraged her to mark it up and highlight it. She was reluctant, but did and did not regret it. Eventually, the Bible was ruined by water damage from a broken pipe and had to be tossed. … Read entire article »
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Oh brother, WHO art thou?
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy my loyal child in the faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.” So begins the first letter of Paul to Timothy. The words “my loyal child in the faith” leap out at me. Paul had adopted Timothy spiritually. He had taken upon himself a commitment to Timothy as … Read entire article »
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