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The family foundation of the late Thomas Kinkade demanded that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stop posting his art on social media. According to the family, the government agency misused “Morning Pledge”—which depicts children holding hands to hearts as an American flag is raised—“to promote division and xenophobia.” DHS posted the image on X …
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2026 will be a better year if the Lord gets his due and we don’t Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name! (Psalm 29:2) His due is glory and our due is whatever is the opposite of glory. What he deserves is praise and what we deserve is, well, not praise. I can’t honestly say that this summarizes …
I’ve told this story a number of times before, each a therapeutic catharsis. Since my healing from the PTSD initiated by this event improves with each writing and every reading, if you care at all about my emotional well-being, please read this and tell me you did. I had seen a live Nativity scene at another …
"One of the biggest obstacles in our attempts to influence people toward Jesus is that they don’t trust us. They don’t trust the Church, preachers, or Christians as a whole. And who can blame them? Unfortunately, our record, as they say, speaks for itself. While the majority of our faith community practices what they preach, …
“In every century only a few so earnestly pursue the Lord Jesus Christ. But there are always a few, and they are the ones who keep lit the pathway for those who will come after them.” (Frank Laubach in Practicing His Presence) The term “remnant,” found almost exclusively in the Old Testament, has always intrigued …
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