Charles Wagner
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The Day After the Election
Dear Father, It is 6:00 am on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. I am exhausted after staying up until 1 am to watch the election night coverage. I woke up at 5 am and…
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The One Advantage of Not Being In Heaven!
There is a widespread belief among believers that our brothers and sisters in Christ who have passed away are experiencing a vastly superior existence than us because they live in the presence of…
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Give Them Many Reasons to Thank You
We’ve all been there before. Another believer in Jesus Christ experiences a challenge and asks for prayer. What is our first instinct? We pray to have the Lord quickly remove the challenge from…
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A Prayer On the Eve Before Milton
Dear Father, It is 9:57 pm ET on October 8, 2024. A Category 5 hurricane named Milton is expected to slam into the Gulf Coast of Florida within the next 24 hours. There…
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The Futility of Changing Our Hearts Without Christ
Sigh. Here we go again. I have been relatively spoiled over the last two decades. My favorite football team, the Philadelphia Eagles, have been competitive since Andy Reid became their coach in 1999.…
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Don’t slap the soldier!
In the Academy Award winning movie “Patton“, George C. Scott portrayed a time that General George S. Patton slapped a soldier who was in a hospital from battle fatigue. While other soldiers laid…
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I Know Him!
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me…
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Think, People! Think! It’s Not Easy!
Have you ever battled an addiction to…? Television? Sweets? Nicotine? Alcohol? Gaming? Gambling? Social media? Obscenities? Pornography? Sex? Drama? How easy was it for you to conquer your addiction? Were you successful? Did…
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Good Works Cannot Save
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork,…
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Introducing Belle Gardner
I am pleased to announce that Belle Gardner will serve as our volunteer Blog Coordinator. She will have primary responsibility for the regular publishing of posts on the blog. Belle is an undergraduate…