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The great violinist, Nicolo Paganini, willed his marvelous violin to Genoa — the city of his birth — but only on condition that the instrument never be played upon. It was an unfortunate condition, for it is a peculiarity of wood that as long as …

Anyone familiar with NA or AA knows what a twelve step program is designed to do – it is to change the participant’s thinking patterns to address self destructive behaviors. Whe we open 1 Timothy, we recognize that Timothy, for whom the book is named, …

Paul charged Timothy to do seven things as a faithful minister in 2 Timothy 4:1-5. Periodically, every Pastor needs to remind themselves with this short list.   2 Timothy 4:1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is …

I have too many keys on my ring to remember what they are all for! When I put each one on, I thought that I would recall the lock and be able to retrieve the proper key at any time. As the number grew and …

Did you ever walk through an old cemetery and look at the epitaphs on the grave stones?  Read them closely and you may find one like this one: Pause now stranger, as you pass by; As you are now, so once was I As I am …

 Art Linkletter used to host the show, “Kids say the Darndest Things“. He parlayed that into a number of books. All of them came from the same premise: Ask a child a question, and his answer will come from the mysterious store of his own …

Peering through the darkness on the hillside, it was impossible to see anything with the naked eye. The hill was mined, and the enemy was everywhere. One soldier was cut off, and desperately struggling to find his platoon and a way out of there. Hope …