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The Choice Is Ours

Last night I dreamed about a huge snake! He was of such length that I never did see the end of him. Strangely enough, he was also flat--about a foot or more wide, and though menacing, never dared touch me. Instead, he hovered and lurked and watched. I wonder if that was Eve's experience, except that, as she stared at the incredible creature, it talked! The serpent tipped its head, never taking its penetrating gaze… Read More

Overcoming Thirst

Believe it or not, at one time no well had a bucket with which to draw water. Instead, each day a woman would bring not only a pitcher in which to carry water home to her family, but a rope and a hard leather bucket to draw water. That's why when Jesus and his disciples arrived tired and thirsty outside a small Samaritan town, they had no means to get water from the well. While… Read More

What Are We Living for?

You've heard it. You may have even said it yourself. "He lives for sports!" "I live to eat!" "They live for their children!" Oh, yes. Whenever we pour our life energies into someone or something, we are definitely living for that pursuit. And it isn't only men who live for sports. Here in Wisconsin, women also spend every spare moment reading, thinking, and talking about the Packers. We deck ourselves out in green-and-gold and wouldn't… Read More

Promised Disaster Averted

What if you were sixteen years old and suddenly made president of the United States of America? What would you do? Long ago, Josiah faced that horrendous problem when made king of Judah. For the next four years he sought God for wisdom for his chaotic land. Then, realizing the nation's troubles were a direct result of the stench of the people's sins and disregard for God, he set about to cleanse his country. He… Read More