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Be Thankful for the Christmas Season
After recently reading several books that focused on deep biblical doctrine and theology, I decided that I should look for something lighter for my next read. I ended up pulling out my copies of the series of writings known as The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. It had been quite a few years since
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Be Someone Who Builds Up Others
When some of our younger grandchildren were at our house recently, at one point they pulled out a bag of building blocks to play with. As several of them constructed towers, trains, and robots, our youngest grandchild had a different idea. As a toddler, he wasn’t very good at putting the blocks together. So his
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Our Gratitude Should Not Be Seasonal
My yard is covered under a blanket of leaves and pine straw calling out to me to get busy with my rake and leaf blower. It isn’t my favorite job to do, but I know that it always comes around this time of year. It is one of those seasonal tasks, the downside of having
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Seek More than Just a Little Jesus
During a recent road trip to preach at a church in another state, I stopped to fill up my vehicle with gas. While I was pumping the fuel, a lady walked by me, then turned around and spoke. She asked if she could give me a little Jesus today. In her outstretched hand was a
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Truths in the Face of the Storm
We were watching with great concern and interest as hurricane Melissa hit the island of Jamaica recently. One of our daughters, who is ironically named Melissa, and members of her family had gone on a couple of mission trips in recent years helping out at a Christian children’s home on the western side of the
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Tony Elder, Author/Pastor 