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(Maybe we are just too big for our britches) The year was 1865. The Civil War had just ended. It was the end of four long years of death and devastation. In the same year a 36 year old Englishman set out to blaze a trail for the cause of Jesus Christ that few men…

The last thing Frank expected as the two uniformed officers approached his door was the terrible news that his wife, Judy, had been killed in an automobile accident, leaving Frank with the huge task of raising a five-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy. Not to mention the love of his life being snatched away without…

For instance, John Adams once remarked, “It is the duty of the clergy to accommodate their discourses to the times, to preach against such sins as are most prevalent, and recommend such virtues as are most wanted. For example, if exorbitant ambition and venality are predominant, ought they not to warn their hearers against those…

“Tomorrow morning,” the surgeon began, “I’ll open up your heart…” “You’ll find Jesus there,” the boy interrupted. The surgeon looked up, annoyed “I’ll cut your heart open,” he continued, to see how much damage has been done…” “But when you open up my heart, you’ll find Jesus in there,” said the boy. The surgeon looked…