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Year: 2018
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“Petition For Pardon Denied” … And Yet Pardoned!
Precisely at 9 o’clock in the evening, the prison guard unlocked a cell door. The Chief Magistrate and I, the prison chaplain, stepped into the narrow cell. The handcuffed prisoner, a sergeant, briefly acknowledged our […]
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Growth and Bearing Fruit
“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” (Psalm 92:12) God often uses images to explain specific truths about salvation. Here the righteous is compared to a […]
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It Depends on Growth
We have a little peach tree in our garden. It is still small and only has a thin trunk and delicate branches. It bloomed for the first time last year. This spring, it was decorated […]
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To Live is Christ
During the time when John Calvin left the doctrine of the Catholic church, a large group of youth in the city of Geneva, who also broke with Rome, surrendered their entire lives to the Lord […]
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At the Border
There are national borders that separate one country from another. Most people live spread out all over the country. However, part of the population lives in the border region. Some of these people commute to […]
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The Lord’s Prayer (Part 9): Forgiveness
After the words: “Give us this day our daily bread” the Lord’s prayer continues with “And forgive us.” Are there any prerequisites for being forgiven? Prerequisites for forgiveness. In 1 John 1:9 we read: “If […]
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The Call to Unity
Before Jesus left this world, He prayed earnestly for the unity of God’s people. Unity is a sign of true discipleship. Jesus prayed “that they all may be one, as You, Father are in Me, […]
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“The future lies dark before us” – Or does it?
The future lies dark before us – or? Unbelievably, but true, we are once again standing on the threshold of a new year. Changing from one year to the next brings sentimental thoughts with it. […]
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I Will Go Before You
This promise will accompany us in the New Year. When He, the Light of the World, goes before us, then we will have the same experiences as the children of Israel, whom God led by […]