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Too Many People Are Going to Hell
By
Carolyn Henderson
“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.” Ezekiel 33:11 I intensely dislike my phone company. Every month they send me an abstruse, intricately convoluted bill to charge me for two things — basic phone…
I’d Like to Change My Job Description
By
Carolyn Henderson
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men . . . It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 4:23, 24 If you’ve heard enough church sermons, maybe you’ve run into the joke about the man who was caught in a horrible flood, and…
The Obnoxious Jesus
By
Carolyn Henderson
“When Jesus saw their faith, he said, ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven.’ “ (Luke 5:21) Jesus Heals a Paralytic. This is the chapter heading that one of my Bibles (NIV Study, 1985) uses to describe passages in Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:17-26, in which a determined group of men, unable to access Jesus through the crowds,…
The Future Looks Bleak When We Don’t Have All the Information
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Carolyn Henderson
“Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” (1 Corinthians 13:12) Yesterday, I went on a road trip with my daughter. We chatted while we drove, ate lunch in a charming city, and on the way back, my daughter napped. She ended the day with ice cream. While…
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