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There is No Fear in Love

September 11, 2022

Some days, reading the news feels like reading those prophecies in the Bible about the end of the world. “Perilous times,” the Apostle Paul called...

As the Dew From Heaven Distilling

July 17, 2022

Today, we begin our 94th year of continuous weekly broadcasting with an observation about the way each of those weekly broadcasts ends. For nearly all...

Who is My Neighbor

July 10, 2022

The story of the good Samaritan was first told as an answer to a question. A certain lawyer, who seemed to want clear lines marking...

The Greatest Commandments

Long ago, a lawyer asked Jesus which of the commandments is the greatest. He certainly had many to choose from, among hundreds of decrees from...

Peace Like a River

June 5, 2022

Because God loves His children, He has filled this world with goodness and beauty that proclaim His love. Among those good and beautiful things are...

Motherhood Matters

May 8, 2022

A novel by French writer Victor Hugo tells of a small group of soldiers who met a starving woman and her children in the woods....

Just Let the Fire Warm You

March 27, 2022

When he was nearing 80 years old, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was asked in an interview, “Have you found that your relationship to...

Showing Our Love

March 20, 2022

Hundreds of years ago, Shakespeare wrote this timeless wisdom: “They do not love, that do not show their love.”[1] Yes, love is a feeling, an...

The Focus of Our Lives

March 6, 2022

For two years, the pandemic has given us something this world has rarely faced—a common hardship. While everyone’s experience has been different, no person, no...

Timeless Tales

February 6, 2022

Here at Copenhagen’s City Hall Square, on one of the city’s busiest streets, stands an impressive bronze statue. The street is known as H. C. Andersens...