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Times of Improvement

Suffering times are a Christian's best-improving times.


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Burned or Purified?

Warren Wiersbe says that realism is idealism that has been through the fire and got purified; cynicism is idealism that has been through the fire and ...


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Missions, for Heaven's Sake

Having lived in South America as missionaries, my family and I realized that moving to another jungle location meant a lot of work. We knew the discomforts ...


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The Democracy of Suffering

The kingdom of suffering is a democracy, and we all stand in it or alongside it with nothing but our naked humanity.


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Pressure Points

The intensity of pressure doesn't matter as much as its location. Does it come between you and God, or does it press you closer to him?


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Delight out of Disaster

I once read about farmers in southern Alabama who were accustomed to planting one crop every year--cotton. They would plow as much ground as they could ...


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There Is Always Room for Joy

Good Friday came after Christmas, but the angels still sang at the manger. In the midst of the hardest reality of life, there is always a welcome for ...


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Hallelujah from the Depths

When Handel wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus," his health and his fortunes had reached the lowest possible ebb. His right side had become paralyzed, ...


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