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Devotionals

Walt Alexander’s series of devotional essays

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This is not an attempt to equate the Lord with America. America needs the Lord, not the other way around.  It has always been this publication’s goal to help people to remember that. Ronald Reagan knew that when he said: “I believe with all my heart that standing up for

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I have recently found a Samuel L. Jackson meme that actually made me laugh. It was a meme from Pulp Fiction regarding the, “Mmm-mh now thats a tasty beverage” line from the movie. For some reason, it made me think about another thing that Jules said. He told his partner,

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I know a lot about bullies. I have had to contend with them all my life. When I was a kid there were two different kids at one bus-stop who regularly picked on me.  In Boy Scouts there were bullies. There was one guy named Forest (I would have called

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A Prayer for Owen Meaney (1990) by John Irving is one of the best books ever written, as per my humble opinion. I read it many, many years ago and it still sticks with me. On the dedication page, Mr. Irving included two quotes that have made a large difference

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Lately, the midwest has been the source of a lot of rioting, looting, and general anarchy. This is undeniable even by the leftist media—even though at first they said it was all peaceful protesting. Then they conceded that it was violent but they said that its all Donald Trump’s fault.

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When I started Christian college in the Fall of 1986, one of the required readings for our general education classes (of which there were many) was a book by Shirley Nelson entitled, The Last Year of the War. It is a book about one young woman’s experience at an evangelical

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I have been for most of my life and will probably always be an incurable Marvel comic book geek (sorry DC—I could never stand Superman). I particularly like superheroes and comics with spiritual and deeply philosophical themes. To that end, I particularly liked the X-Men and Captain America. I will

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Recently, I had the opportunity to go to church again. It was the first time in 5 months I had to see the people I used to see every Sunday. Now it was outside and it was not a full church service as I thought it was going to be.

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A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to attend a seminar on decision-making and human behavior. The presenter discussed how when it comes to making decisions, we humans do not know what we are doing! He said we have limited attention spans and we use rules of thumb and herding (the

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I don’t like to talk about religion with my friends. It always leads to problems and you are guaranteed to offend someone. This dislike comes from going to a Christian college where everyone had an opinion (and thought everyone else wanted to hear it) on whether or not we should drink,

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