Have you ever been excluded from something? Most people have at least one story of feeling excluded. Many of those stories come from the younger years. Maybe you weren’t invited to a birthday party of someone’s house, when everyone else was. Or maybe you were left standing on thesidelines during a ballgame or a gym class. But people of all ages can relate to being left out of a conversation or an event. I think we handle the feeling of being excluded better as we age, but no matter how young or......

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With all the rain we’ve had lately, it’s had me looking for rainbows. And because of that, I took a fresh look at what the Bible has to say about therainbow. We all know that God put the rainbow in the sky as His covenant that He will never again destroy the earth with the waters of a flood. And for manypeople, the rainbow is a symbol of hope, but the rainbow is so much morethan that. It’s God’s promise. And for us, it should also be seen as a demonstration of......

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You may not know it, but for American Christians, there might not be an issue more complicated or wrapped in history and politics than patriotism. I’ve heard many different opinions on the subject of patriotism. A love for one’s country is looked on with both respect and disgust, both by the world at large and those who are Christian. So, is there a right way for the Christian to think about patriotism? Is there a Christian response to patriotism? And how can faithful Christians merge their love for country and their primary......

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