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Fruits of the Spirit

FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

The apostle Paul in his letter to the church in Galatia speaks of the fruits of the Spirit as follows: “But the fruit (karpos) of the Spirit is love (agapē), joy (chara), peace (eirēnē), forbearance (makrothumia), kindness (chrēstotēs), goodness (agathōsynē), faithfulness (pistis), gentleness (prautēs),and self-control (enkrateia). Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22, 23. Just as there are gifts of the Holy Spirit, some natural such as teaching and some supernatural such as prophesy, there are also fruits of...

Lamentations

LAMENTATIONS

This past week, my wife and I watched almost every vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.  I’m a political scientist by training and she is an equally concerned and informed citizen. And, we are both educators.  Both of us love our country.  We each unselfishly gave more than twenty years of our lives in service to America during our careers.  The spectacle that we saw unfold in the House of Representatives last week, and the changes to the House Rules, concern us both,...

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During the period of Prohibition in the United States, the merchandising of alcohol was prohibited.  As a result, private and secret clubs called “Speakeasys” emerged. One such Speakeasy was located at 86 Bedford Street in Manhattan.  It was typical of these clubs back then to have one or more police officers in their hire, who would tip them off when a raid from the Vice Division was about to be launched.  At that point, the bartenders would quickly and loudly inform...

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