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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Allegories: 2 of 10

Ambig vs. Perspic (An Allegory) Night drew on the excited town, and the fans noisily filed into the arena where the event was soon to be held. Much escalation had gone into promotion, and the fans were greatly abuzz, driving from vast distances to be in attendance personally. According to all of the experts, this was to be t...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Death of a loved one: 33 of 122

"Hello there, young man. Grab-you-a chair from the garage and have a seat," the elderly gentleman said in his usual booming yet pleasant tone. He was sitting on a lawn chair at the top of his freshly blacktopped driveway cutting beans recently pulled from his garden. At the age of 27, I was a new Christian, living alone in W...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Growing Up: 39 of 76

Preparation The blood drained from my face and I was suddenly very hot. As soon as the words had escaped my lips, I knew my tongue had become too loose. There was the briefest moment of silence just before the thunderous sound of his stoneware mug slamming down on the tiny table and the rope of Pepsi-flavored booze sailed in...
Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Southern stereotypes: 9 of 17

A Great Divide, My Eye! Who can deny the profound divide existing in our beloved country since early in the 1800's? Once, this dividing wall was more than a minor rivalry or an inherited prejudice. It was political, volatile, and founded in a very personal concern for home and family. From the time of the Civil War, however,...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Christian understanding of suffering: 41 of 75

Weariness and Well-Doing As Jesus came down from the mount of transfiguration, some of the disciples had been waiting for Him at the bottom. These disciples had failed to cast out a particular demon from a boy, and the father waited with the disciples for Jesus to return. Whatever this father believed about Jesus, what he wa...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture What it means to be created in God's image: 11 of 15

Man Has Been Created In God's Image Our God is "[H]e that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in" (Isaiah 40:22). The unfathomable power of our God, our Creator, and Sustainer, impresses ...
Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Why the Christian church must be united: 18 of 22

"That They All May Be One" If any passage of scripture deserved to be called "The Lord's Prayer," contrary to popular thought, it is John 17:1-26. In the first portion, He asserts His relationship to the Father (vs. 1-5), and from here, He turns His attention to those men standing near. He commends them to God in glowing ter...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues How should the Christian church be run: 2 of 2

The Church of the Living God It is inevitable that enthusiastic members of the churches of Christ will begin to speak with members of other religious institutions, and invariably, the characteristics of what makes one church differ from the other must be discussed. Our religious friends will agree that there is one God, and ...