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Trump
Domino and card games have been enjoyed for centuries, and among the most
strategic and engaging are trump games. Trump games are popular because they
give players the chance to control the game in their favor. A designated "trump"
suit has the power to overrule others, ensuring that whoever plays it gains a
decisive advantage. Usually, the highest card or domino in the suit wins the trick,
but the trump plays by its own rules. It interrupts normal play to change the
game to win the trick. The idea of having a trump can be exhilarating! Taking
control of the… -
SHOULD I CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?
David A. PadfieldChristmas is just around the corner and already we can see signs telling us to "Put Christ back into Christmas." People everywhere are saying Christmas is too commercialized and that we are overlooking the real meaning of Christmas. Some preachers are asking, "What are you going to give Christ on his birthday?" Most churches are organizing Christmas plays, cantatas and programs.
Since Christmas is recognized by most people as a religious Holy Day, it would be…
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WHO PUT CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS?
(Larry Ray Hafley)During December we are reminded to, “Keep Christ In Christmas.” Who, though, put him there in the first place?
Did God? We know “the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world” (1 Jn. 4:14). Jesus said that he neither acted or spoke of his own will, but that he said and did only those things authorized by his Father (Jn. 6:38; 12:49). Is the celebration of Jesus’ birth a thing…
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Things of “First Importance”
1 Corinthians 15:1-10
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which
you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you
hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I
delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died
for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he
was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he
appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then…
