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Apparently, most clever murderers are fictional. Agatha Christie came up with some of the most ingenious and bizarre plots, in which the murderer remains unknown until the very end of the story—and often it was a person that the reader did not expect. Columbo could unravel the well-laid
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A man in the Orlando area has been promoting church oneness. He seems to be earnest and sincere in trying to have Christians be one. He stopped by the building here one Sunday morning during Bible class. Your congenial editor was not teaching that morning and spoke with him, indicating
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On December 22, 2021, I came across a comic strip I had never seen before in the daily newspaper, called, WUMO, by Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler. It only had one frame, in which four adults were sitting around the table—playing a game. The caption underneath read simply, “Post-
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Presumably, society will always be plagued by incidents of violence. Probably, most citizens of any country oppose evil, destructive acts against persons and property—especially when perpetrated against the innocent. Predictably, however, when such unjustified treatment of others becomes commonplace, many seem to build up an immunity towards the inhumanity,
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With the demise of Francis (April 21, 2025), a new search begins for the next pope, and the questions people are asking include, “What will he be like? Will he stress ecumenism? Will he soften the church’s stance on abortion? Will he endorse homosexual marriages? Will he become more
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A blessing we often take for granted these days is the ease of access we have to a wealth of information. This generation walks around with devices in their pockets that would have been considered miraculous just a century ago. Imagine trying to explain a smartphone to someone from the
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One of the things that makes the Bible interesting is that, occasionally, details about a certain event surface somewhere the reader is not expecting them. For example, when Jacob returns to the land of Canaan after a twenty-year absence, he recalls the circumstances under which he left, and he
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In Matthew 15:9, Jesus said of certain Jews: “And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.” This verse may surprise a great many people because it is not one that “Christian” leaders quote very often. The first thing that might shock some people is
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One reader of the Orlando Sentinel more than a decade ago wanted to know why “Christians pick and choose which Bible verses they take seriously.” It is not a matter of picking and choosing, which would be wrong (and which we have condemned with respect to people denigrating baptism), but
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A popular idea among atheists, self-styled intellectuals, and others whose favorite hobby is disparaging religion is that mankind doesn't need religion to be moral. They claim that we've outgrown it and, therefore, to believe in it now is backwards. The vast majority of these worldly
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In 1963-64, Leslie Gore had a terrific run with four successive Top Five hits, beginning with the #1, “It’s My Party.” The other three were “Judy’s Turn to Cry,” “She’s a Fool,” and “You Don’t Own Me.” This last song stayed at #2 for three
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Axel and Zach became more than exited when they heard the news that their favorite rock band, Smashing Glasses, was coming to town. They procured tickets as soon as they went on sale. When the scheduled concert date arrived, Axel asked Zach, “What time do we leave?” Zach said, “The