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Galatians 4:4-7

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Ron Love

Joseph Mohr, a 24-year-old Austrian priest, believed he needed to instill peace and hope into the lives of his troubled and bewildered parishioners. The year was 1816, just a year after the army of Napoleon destroyed their city and countryside. The salt trade, on whose livelihood the town survived, was savagely disrupted from the fighting. The salt trade was so important to the economy that the re...

2. "Cathedra"

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Ron Love

He sat quietly in the pew to the left of the altar at St. John’s Anglican Church in Richmond, Virginia. Having been elected to the House of Burgesses from Howard County just nine days earlier, he was hesitant to speak publicly. Especially when seated around him were such distinguished men as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. The delegates were in debate and divided on how to ...

3. In diem natalem

Titus 2:1-15

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Ron Love

John Wesley was the founding father of the Methodist denomination. Even though he had been leading his followers throughout England for several years preaching repentance, Wesley himself still questioned the validity of his own faith. While leading and inspiring others, Wesley’s was consumed with doubts regarding his own salvation. Wesley felt depressed and dejected for his seeming lack of faith....

4. Soli Deo Gloria

Romans 16:1-27

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Ron Love

Carol Klein, with schoolbooks under one arm and a sheet of music under the other, got off the express train from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The year was 1957 and the 15-year-old was determined to be a singing sensation. Wearing bobby socks, white sneakers, and a black skirt with a pink poodle embroidered on it, she opened the New York City telephone book. Starting with the “As” in the directory, she v...

5. Standing in the Forecastle

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

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Ron Love

Bob Keeshan entertained children for years as the jovial Captain Kangaroo. The television show Captain Kangaroo ran on CBS for nearly thirty years, from October 1955 until December 1984, making it one of the longest-running nationally broadcasted children’s television programs. In Keeshan’s autobiography Growing Up Happy, he shared the moment when he realized life would be marvelous. Shortly afte...

6. The Foot-board of the Pulpit and the Floor of the Parlor

Ephesians 3:1-12

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Ron Love

Aldhelm, at the age of 65, was appointed as the bishop of Sherborne, in England. Aldhelm lived from the year 640 to the year 709. As an English scholar, Aldhelm studied Roman law, astronomy, astrology, Hebrew, and Greek. His fame as a scholar rapidly spread into other countries across Europe. After Aldhelm was appointment as bishop, he spent the next four years walking from one end of his parish ...

7. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

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Ron Love

Benjamin Gilman served in the United States House of Representatives for thirty years. He retired from Congress in 2003. Gilman represented New York’s 27th congressional district. Gilman served as the chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and he was the congressional representative to the United Nations. Gilman, a Republican, was an outspoken critic of President Bill Clinton’s foreign p...

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