A Living Restoration – God’s plan for each and every one of us! Every year at the Tulip Festival in Pella, Iowa, one of the events and displays during the celebration involves a car show and competition. There are always …

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Death and Taxes! These are two things that men have jokingly referred to as unavoidable for many generations. Yet the above verse reminds us that there is a third unavoidable and inescapable event in which every individual must and will …

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Whether or not it’s true, I have heard that if you tie an anteater in close proximity to a large ant hill so that he cannot leave, he will eat himself to death! It appears that every time he sees …

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When you hear the word “treasure” there are probably many different images that are evoked in your mind. The first one for most people is a picture of a pirate like Long John Silver hiding his ill-gotten gains in a …

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A Malleable Heart. What does that mean? There are some things that are best when they are “hard” – like ice or concrete. Cement just wouldn’t be the same if was “soft”, and though steel must be “softened” in order …

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God loves the lost, even when the lost don’t love Him in return. When someone is without a true understanding and personal knowledge of God, they are god-less and so they are lost.  We/they are, by nature, without God’s life …

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Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Economic Productivity by Casey Mulligan/University of Chicago CASEY MULLIGAN, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1993. He has been …

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I recently went to see the movie Interstellar with one of my nephews. As many of you know I’m a bit of a sci-fi geek (special effects, CGI and such are like Crack to me), so I was excited to …

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An effective lifestyle of giving can be summed up in one sentence. Practical generosity. I’ve never really been good at crafts or art – though I do appreciate good stuff when I see it. I am pretty good at tying …

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I have been in a ‘conversation’ with someone which centered on the uniqueness of Christ, prophecy, and the Word of God, versus the religions of the world. The issue being addressed was that this person has read books by some …

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