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In the World — March 24, 2013

By Christy Barritt   Planned Parenthood Receives Millions from Government According to Planned Parenthood’s annual report, the organization received $542 million from government sources during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, an 11 percent increase from the previous year.  The organization also reported performing 333,964 abortions in 2011 and nearly a million (995,687) abortions from 2009-2011. Forty-five […]

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Where You Live — for March 31, 2013

By Dan Lentz   1. As you’ve grown older, what has changed most about your personality? (Examples include: more mellow or tolerant now, more determined than I used to be, less patient than I used to be.) Why do you think you’ve changed?   Read Luke 24:13-21, 28-35.   2. The two disciples on the […]

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The Lesson and Life — for March 31, 2013

By Dr. Barry Thornton   I was ministering to a church in northwest Indiana in the late 1980s. One afternoon, just before Easter, I received a call informing me that my good friend Hank Gora had received a muffled message from his sister that his mother had died. I quickly made my way to Hank’s […]

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The Father was there

By Shawn McMullen   We see Jesus Christ as the focal point of the final week, the main character in the drama of redemption. From the triumphal entry to the resurrection, our eyes are fixed on him. We picture him during his last days on earth cleansing the temple, teaching the masses, and warning hypocrites. […]