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I have been preaching since I was fourteen years old. That’s 34 years. My first message was only a little over six minutes long. I just said everything I knew to say, ran out of steam, and sat down. When it comes to preaching brevity covers a multitude of sins. Nevertheless, since then I have developed the ability to pretty consistently preach about ten times that long.
A few years ago I was preaching and at exactly noon someone’s watch alarm went off. …

My mom always said, “Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you.” We are trying to stop rotting out our teeth with refined sugar.
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Hope lost a tooth last week. When she went to bed that night she gently reminded us that the tooth would be under her pillow in case we wanted to leave her money for it. That night when Lois and I laid our heads on our pillows we both plunged immediately and deeply into sweet, undisturbed sleep. Our “Tooth …

On September 8th 1978 I went golfing with a friend. That evening we stopped for pizza at a little joint across from the college. While we were waiting for our order a pretty dark eyed girl with long brown hair came in. I tried to get her attention. She resolutely ignored me. The next morning in the college cafeteria I noticed a group singing happy birthday to this same girl. I was again impressed with her beauty, her quietness, and her modesty. That …

We have spent the last full week on Wolf Lake in the western upper peninsula of Michigan in a little house on Duck Point with nine other young men. Duck Point juts out into Wolf Lake. The house if full of windows which look out on the lake on three sides. Dan and Wes were among them. The adventure was called a Journey to the Heart. We spent the time seeking the Lord, praying, studying the Scriptures and searching our hearts. Day after …