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The Virtues Required of Citizens In a Free Society At first it might seem strange to ask what virtues citizens need in a free society. If citizens should be free, should we be concerned that they possess particular virtues? Is it appropriate for government to be concerned about character formation...

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  • November 10, 2020

The Futility of Running Away (from “A Word with You with Ron Hutchcraft”) The party had been going just fine until a doctor who was there got very offended by something another guest said. He was in a rage! He stormed

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  • August 29, 2020

from “A Word With You” by Ron Hutchcraft Washing in Water That Cannot Make You Clean It was one very hot day, and my granddaughter and I were watching some horses. One-by-one they made their way to the little pond to take in some more

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  • August 25, 2020

 The Sin Of Pandering “…do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ,” (Galatians 1:10). Paul wrote these words in a context that had one premise: There is only one gospel! (See also, 1 Tim. 1:3). He was disturbed that...

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  • August 17, 2020

Saturday, August 1, 2020 Thought for the day: “Love works in ways that are wondrous and strange, and there’s nothing in life that love cannot change.” –Author Unknown WORDS of the day: And the Lord will continually guide you, and satisfy your desire in scorched places.  (Isaiah 58:11) May the...

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  • August 2, 2020

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Thought for the day: ” At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.”  –Albert Schweitzer I’ll never forget the letter I got in January 1977 from a friend in a church I attended in my youth.  The

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  • July 30, 2020