Editorials

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To speak helpful, healing words

Carolyn B. Swan

Have you ever said something that you later regretted having said? Would you like to be more gracious?
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A matter of opinion—or a cry from the heart?

Allison W. Phinney, Jr.

Opinion polls often register temporary likes and dislikes. But sometimes you hear humanity's cry from the heart.
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Innocence endures

Michael D. Rissler

Our ability to overcome evil — whatever form it takes — is fundamentally a spiritual question. And the nature of man lies at the heart of the issue.
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At risk—or at peace?

William E. Moody

There seems to be so much at risk in our world — health, sanity, even the existence of the planet itself. But in God there is an answer of peace.
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A book that heals

Michael D. Rissler

How can reading words on a printed page cause healing in our lives? It depends on what lies behind the words—both in the reader and on the page.
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Lessons from the movies

Allison W. Phinney, Jr.

A good film can be so inspiring it makes us feel like a "new person." Maybe there's a lesson in this—a lesson the Bible teaches: the "new man" already exists.
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Ambition—does it have a place in the Christian's life?

William E. Moody

Ambition can be something quite apart from merely promoting one's own interests. It can reflect an earnest desire to serve God and do His will.
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Understanding and doing rightly—the basis for spiritual building

Carolyn B. Swan

If we would lead constructive lives as Christian disciples, we must not only believe what Christ Jesus said, we must also emulate his works.
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The brightest of all visions

William E. Moody

Even a glimpse of divine reality changes us. In the light of Truth, our lives take on new meaning, purpose, and substance.
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"The earth shined with his glory"

Allison W. Phinney, Jr.

Sometimes contemporary life seems anything but glorious. Yet the Bible says we can know God's glory in the midst of any situation, no matter how apparently bleak or empty.
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Something special about an elder

Carolyn B. Swan

Wisdom, understanding, unselfish love, are qualities of God, not byproducts of age. We can all, in a spiritual sense, be Christian elders.
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Life in the hand of God

Michael D. Rissler

God gives life, and He doesn't attach penalties for living it.