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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: souls
IN TOUCH DAILY: OCTOBER 17
No Lone Rangers Ephesians 4:11-16 Perhaps you can recall the fictitious cowboy known as the Lone Ranger. He was a self-appointed guardian of the law who brought many outlaws to justice. Although he was actively fighting against evil, his … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: OCTOBER 16
Satan’s Strategy John 8:43-44 Deception is Satan’s trademark, and it’s nothing new. The very first book of the Bible tells of his trickery with Eve in the Garden of Eden: He planted seeds of doubt about God’s words by … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: APRIL 11
Two Possible Resurrections John 5:19-29 Death is certain for everyone (except believers who are alive when Christ returns). The end of our earthly life may seem far away or, for some, right around the corner, but it’s always lurking, and … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: MARCH 5
God’s Grand Plan 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 God’s plan for us is greater than we can imagine. But not many people realize that. We usually get so preoccupied with the demands of life that few of us give much thought to … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 21
On humility For each of us the Baptist’s words are true: “He must increase and I decrease.” He will be infinitely merciful to our repeated failures; I know no promise that He will accept a deliberate compromise. For He has, … Continue reading
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 31
Some time ago Matthew Arnold prophesied that poetry would come to replace religion; and the personal heretics have made this true in a sense which he probably did not foresee. Poetry has, naturally enough, not yet attempted the salvation of … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 18
‘Niceness’—wholesome, integrated personality—is an excellent thing. We must try by every medical, educational, economic, and political means in our power to produce a world where as many people as possible grow up ‘nice’; just as we must try to produce … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 14
This signature on each soul may be a product of heredity and environment, but that only means that heredity and environment are among the instruments whereby God creates a soul. I am considering not how, but why, He makes each … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 28
On self-sufficiency They [Adam and Eve] wanted, as we say, to “call their souls their own.” But that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own. They wanted some corner in the universe of … Continue reading
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