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What Would You Cut Out of Your Bible?
Bizarre Bible Stories sold, in part I think, because the books included some of the Bible stories we would like left out of the Bible. Did you know Thomas Jefferson made his own cut-and-paste Bible? Well, not exactly, but close. In 1819 Jefferson sat down with a bible, some glue, and a pair of scissors.…
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Salvation Baby
My sister Janice is writing poems to go into my Bizarre Christmas Bible Story book for 2018. I LOVE this salvation poem… How Can I Get to Heaven? Does it take a village? Does it take an offering? Does it take good deeds like food given to the poor? Does it take religion? Does it…
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Wise Men and a Sister
My sister wrote the poem below about the wise men, such a fun kids poem I had to publish it. OH, she is also the girl in the picture, with my brother David and our parents, when they were living in France, before I was. She is a bit older now. So am I. Wise…
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Christmas: A Declaration of War
3 Christmas War Quotes from the Advent reading today. At church we gave away the Christianity Today Advent book, this one was written by Russell Moore. Excellent, but you be the judge… He is bringing the story into focus from that first prophecy, when God tells the serpent after Adam and Eve eat the fruit;…
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Need a Kids Christmas Gift?
Need a kids Christmas gift? Here you go… My Little Red Camper: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Good: The “My Little Red Adventure Books” series are my favorite books to read to my grandkids, well, to read to the one old enough to listen. This is the second book in that series.…
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Why Doesn’t God Heal the Right People?
I know, I need to accept that God knows what He is doing, and I don’t. Somehow that explanation always seemed too simple to me. Until now. Ann Voskamp has written a terrific blog on the topic – the best I’ve read. THIS IS GOOD. I couldn’t find a way to share it, so I cut…
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Hurricane Harvey Homecoming
JoLynn and I have some missionary friends home in Houston from Bolivia, just in time to be greeted by Hurricane Harvey. Here is their story… Dear Friends, August 2017 It has been a horrible week! What an awful ending to a wonderful summer! How can I describe what we have been through. We have…
