Something Happened to Halloween While I Was Away for College

Don Johnson When I was a child, Halloween was a community event. Bands of urchins roamed the streets, begging for (and receiving) loads of candy. Neighborhood friends would join together, compare treasures, the heft of our sacks, the brilliance (or not) of our costumes… Sugar highs endured for weeks. Schools made rules about how much…

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Straight Cuts: Laying Down the Law of Love

(Mark 12:28–34) by Randy Fox This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 2010. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. Following a battery of questions designed to entrap the Lord, one of the scribes asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” (Mark 12:28). The Lord quoted two Old Testament passages, one from…

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Alcohol and Beyond – Biblical Convictions

by Pastor Douglas B. Wright I am preaching through I Timothy and have come to a passage often used and abused by proponents on both sides of the alcohol debate. Timothy’s “frequent ailments” elicited practical advice from Paul to “use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.” Timothy concluded that he…

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