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December 29, 2011

Posted by Today's Conversation on December 29th, 2011 | 3 responses

How is the ringing in of the new year a sacred thing for you? ... read more »

exhaust forgiveness?

Posted by sheridan voysey on December 29th, 2011 | 17 responses

I had a listener call my radio show recently. “I’ve been a Christian for 5 years, but I haven’t always lived like one,” she said anxiously. “I want to know, does there come a time when God won’t forgive us... read more »

desire for vengeance

Posted by Jeff Olson on December 28th, 2011 | 4 responses

I once spoke with a father whose son had been brutally murdered by a family friend. In the years that followed, he talked of his burning desire for revenge. He knew that bitterness had overtaken his heart and crowded out... read more »

don’t be cruel

Posted by mike wittmer on December 27th, 2011 | 4 responses

Have you noticed how difficult it is for elected officials to break bad news to their citizens? Numerous countries are drowning in debt, yet most leaders refuse to raise taxes or cut benefits. Figuring that bankruptcy will... read more »

Lord, help me

Posted by an odj community member on December 26th, 2011 | no responses

Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.” Even as Christians, we don’t... read more »

good call

Posted by tom felten on December 26th, 2011 | 5 responses

Early in 2011, a US baseball coach made the best call of his career. Tom Walter, the coach of the Wake Forest University baseball team, chose to give up one of his kidneys so that one of his players could live. A freshman... read more »

near

Posted by winn collier on December 25th, 2011 | 2 responses

A musician friend of mine has a cousin named Emmanuel. My friend wrote a song alluding to Emmanuel’s fairytale-like wedding. The ceremony was outdoors in a picturesque setting with fine weather and wooded surroundings. As... read more »

a Christmas prayer for you

Posted by an odj community member on December 24th, 2011 | one response

Luke 1:30-38 “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name Him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son... read more »

no brown m&m’s

Posted by marvin williams on December 23rd, 2011 | one response

When rock band Van Halen was riding the wave of popularity, they insisted that a bowl of M&M’s be provided for them backstage at their concert venues. Yet every brown M&M had to be removed from the bowl. If the... read more »

grace to enter the presence of God

Posted by an odj community member on December 22nd, 2011 | no responses

Hebrews 10:16-23 “This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” Then He says, “I will never again remember... read more »