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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3 Israel has been the hinge of history for forty centuries. From the time of Abraham to today, superpowers to the south and the north have fought on its narrow plains. One city, Megiddo, was destroyed and rebuilt twenty-seven times. Jerusalem has been besieged fifty times and destroyed ten times. Across the […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:4 Memorial Day may be the most confusing holiday of the year. It began in 1864 in response to the Battle of Gettysburg when women from Pennsylvania put flowers on the graves of their fallen soldiers. The next year, a group of women decorated the graves of soldiers buried in Vicksburg, Mississippi. […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:5 Summer will not begin officially until June 21, but don’t tell that to the kids who are already out of school. Nearly one hundred million of us will take a family vacation this year; two-thirds of us during the summer. Since 87 percent of us own outdoor grills, we will do […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:6 I saw some interesting signs recently: On a plumber’s truck: “We repair what your husband fixed.” At an optometrist’s office: “If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place.” Outside a muffler shop: “No appointment necessary. We heard you coming.” Seen at a café: “If our […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:7 There was some strange news in the news this week. A man built a pyramid from 1,030,315 pennies, setting a Guinness record. It took him three years. I’m not sure how he makes a living, but he has $10,303.15 in cash on hand. A man in Spain sold a block of […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:8 There are three tame ducks in our back yard, Dabbling in mud and trying hard To get their share, and maybe more, Of the overflowing barnyard store. Satisfied with the task they’re at, Eating and sleeping and getting fat. But whenever the free wild ducks go by In a long line […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:9 A friend sent me these first-grade proverbs. The teacher gave the kids the first half of the sentence, and they supplied the rest: “Don’t bite the hand that . . . looks dirty.” “If you lie down with dogs, you’ll . . . stink in the morning.” “A penny saved is […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:10 The world celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the lunar landing yesterday. What most people didn’t understand at the time was that Apollo 11 was far more dangerous than we knew. As Eagle neared its landing site on the moon, Neil Armstrong realized that the onboard computer would land the module in […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:13 My wife and I returned recently from vacationing in Alaska. The scenery was stunning, a daily reminder of God’s grandeur and omnipotence. The next day, we needed these reminders. A gunman from Allen, Texas, attacked a Walmart in El Paso, killing at least twenty people and wounding twenty-six others. The next […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 5:14–16 Would you choose to stay at a vacation home with no WiFi, TV, or clock? The nearest bathroom is an outhouse down four flights of outdoor stairs. It’s closed the entire month of August because it might burn down in a wildfire. Yet three hundred people are on the waiting list […]
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