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When Leaders Call Evil Good, and Good Evil

Good and evil. From the earliest days of human society, people have decried the branding of what is evil as good, and good as evil, by their leaders. Times haven’t changed much.

Filed Under: Good and Evil Tagged With: election, good and evil, government

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The Tested Results of Practicing Self Control

There is a powerful and true story told of a research project on self control in the early 1960’s. The researchers gave a group of 5 year old children each one marshmallow. The kids were clearly instructed they would get a second marshmallow if they waited to eat the one they had. They had to wait […]

Filed Under: Morality Tagged With: Be Happier, benefits of living right, Human Behavior, instructions, path of life, reproof, self control

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True Knowledge: Found Where Few Care to Look

The search for true knowledge continues to rage on. Millions upon millions of books, websites, blogs, and magazines continue to be published and republished. Some is old, some new. Much of it is regurgitated information with a fresh coat of paint, with new titles, but still the same stuff that was written countless times before, […]

Filed Under: Knowledge and Wisdom Tagged With: books, ecclesiastes, information, knowledge, pearls of wisdom, true knowledge

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An Old Man’s View of Hard Work – A Long and Fulfilling Life

There once was a man named Walter, he lived a long, long time, and he had a few things to say about hard work.  Born in 1896, Walter Breuning’s life story pretty much encapsulates the rise of modern America. Breuning, who died recently at 114, could remember as far back as the turn-of-the-century when his father told […]

Filed Under: Work and Business Tagged With: contentment, hard work, labor, long life, old age, satisfaction, work

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Save Your Life to Lose It, or Lose Your Life to Save It

I recently heard the story of a young high school-age girl.  She had money, popularity, and intelligence, and was bound for success. Before she graduated, she visited Uganda and witnessed the heartbreaking devastation of a corrupt, poor culture and its broken people. Instead of just feeling sorry for them and going back to her life […]

Filed Under: Worldview Tagged With: lose your life, losing your life, Salvation, save your life, saving your life

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