Tag: death
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 13
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…” echoed the near-silent words of the graveside. I thought of the stark contrast of the graveside scene to the love and glory of the depiction of Heaven in the little girl’s picture. I smiled with joy. “Amen,” the words of the graveside service confirmed in my heart. They now seemed…
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ANGRY Children of a Loving God – Part 2
Here’s part of another story of Jesus (familiar by a different heading). PARABLE OF THE ANGRY BROTHER Luke 15: Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons… So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons… … the older son was in the fields working. … he heard music and dancing…
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 11
(For those of you who missed our last episode, these are the roaming thoughts of a man at a funeral.) QUOTES from: “Ten Shekels and a Shirt,” Paris Reidhead, (1919-1992) Sermon on Judges 17, c.1945-47 For a long time, I had thought about the missionary’s words, yet hadn’t thought of it again until now. I…
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