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The Christian Medal of Honor
As of 1997 there were 3,408 recipients of the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor. That is not very many when you consider all of the United States' history. There have been over 300 billion people and only that many have received this …
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Parable of the Ten Virgins (Part Two)
The Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) pictures the members of the church as virgins waiting for the bridegroom's return. They all carry oil-filled lamps to light their way while waiting through the darkness of night. However, …
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Appeasement (Part One)
The Free Dictionary gives us a definition of appeasement: "The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace." An Internet search for examples of political appeasement brings up literally millions of returns about …
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Genesis 3:1
(1) Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, "You shall not eat of every tree of the garden"?"
In this first message to mankind, Satan sows seeds of doubt as to whether God can be trusted. Satan's very first words were, "Has God indeed said. . . ?" Spoken or not, this sentiment that God is untrustworthy, and that His Word is …
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Big-Picture Thinking
by Richard T. RitenbaughEach year, as we flip our Gregorian calendars from December to January, it has become traditional to assess the old year and resolve to amend our faults and shortcomings in the new. Unfortunately, these assessments have devolved into a series of meaningless "Best of" and "Worst of" lists, while the amending of our ways chiefly concerns foods we love to eat, liquids we like to drink, weight we need to lose, and exercise we ought to do. As for real soul-searching and determination to improve one's character, for most, that has passed from the scene with the dodo bird and the passenger …
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Forerunner Magazine
For the sake of argument, let's assume you have decided that Christmas is not the horrible evil you once thought it was. Maybe this year …
Late in the first week of December, the Trump administration released the president's 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS), a document …
“Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall,” writes the apostle Paul in I Corinthians 10:12. Using …
The seventh and final festival of the year is the Eighth Day, which occurs on the day immediately following the conclusion of the Feast …
What is the most powerful two-word phrase in the English language? If a poll were taken, it would result in many different answers. …
Preterism is a term often encountered in the study of eschatology, which concerns mankind's ideas about "last things" or "the end of the …
