Receive Love; Replace Despair

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“For God so loved the world…” These are the opening words of what we call the Gospel, the Good News. Among Biblical quotations, those words are probably most often quoted and most easily recognized. But sometimes it doesn’t seem as if God actually loves the world. I could show you images and clips of news that paint this world in the darkest terms, with not a lot of hope. Even with some bright spots in the story, it seems we often desperately wish that there were an escape tunnel where we could just run and get away from the terrible, Read More

Peace On Earth? Or a Piece of the Earth?

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A Parable A long time ago an uncle, a successful lawyer, looked with pity on his brother living on the family farm. The farmer brother had dropped out of school, and was satisfied to eke out a comfortable living on this very valuable, large piece of property that had huge potential. Pity turned into desire. Desire became a dream. The lawyer began to understand that unless he took over the farm no one would ever appreciate the wealth the farm was capable of producing. Negotiations didn’t convince the farmer. So the lawyer found a way to legally take control of Read More