Ahh…the lottery. That extra tax on people who are really bad at math. Many believe it’d be great to hit the jackpot, or at least know the winner who strikes …
Desire
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Stealing…With Nothing to Show For It
Augustine of Hippo, better known as St. Augustine, wasn’t always a “saint.” In fact, in one of his most famous books, Confessions, the ancient church father bared his soul and …
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“I came to Him longing for something I did not have. I remain with Him because I have something I will not trade.”
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I Don’t Want God to Exist
All of us look at our world and wish a few things didn’t exist. For example, most sane people agree there should be no hunger or war. We’d love to …
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Some Jump for Joy…Others Kneel
When she was 17 years old, Joni Eareckson dove into some water after misjudging its depth. The miscalculation left her paralyzed from the shoulders down and in a wheelchair for …
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“There are only two ways to get enough. One is to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”
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Blaise Pascal on Belief
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”
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Made for Another World
C.S. Lewis lived during a tough period in mankind’s history, the First and Second World Wars. All of Europe was thrown into suffering, and Mr. Lewis’ tragedy was compounded even …
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If someone wanted to give you a hundred dollar bill, would you take it? Yeah…like everyone else, you’d probably pocket the cash. But what if that same hundred dollar bill …