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Many Pretenders — Only One Savior

February 8 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me” (John 14:6). How do we know He was telling the truth? Anybody can make that assertion. In fact, lots of people have! Sabbatai Zebi is one of the most intriguing people to pose as the Messiah. Born in 1626, the son of a chicken farmer, Zebi was a manic-depressive with a mesmerizing speaking ...

Happiness Multiplies When It Is Divided

February 2 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

The creation story in the book of Genesis emphasizes the fact that human beings, unlike lower animals, were created in the image of God. We are charged by our Creator with the responsibility of making judgments and choosing between behaviors. God gave to Adam and Eve the responsibility not only to make choices, but to make right choices. However, they disobeyed God and were cast out of t...

Miracles Come In Cans

January 25 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

If you believe you can, you can! If you do not believe you can, you won’t! It is as simple as that. Your attitude determines your attainments. And that attitude is reflected in your conversation. Norman Vincent Peale, then pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, many years ago wrote The Power of Positive Thinking. It immediately became a best seller because there defin...

Guess Who Moved

January 19 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

If God doesn’t seem as near to you as He once did, guess who moved? It certainly was not God, so it had to be you. We humans tend to put the distance we feel from God squarely on His shoulders, but He did not create the distance. Ask yourself the following questions: How often do I pray? How much time do I spend reading and reflecting on God’s Word in order to appl...

Following The Right Signposts

January 11 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

On a December morning in 1944 something happened that could easily have altered the course of the Second World War. The Allied offensive, begun several months earlier, had rolled across Western Europe. Suddenly, on that December day, a major portion of the Allied army ground to a halt. A counter-offensive had been launched, and a great bulge in the battle lines became apparent. It was a c...

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