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P.S. Now, apart from what I have said, please allow an old man’s dream. In one example, Jesus told me of the growing influence of the yeast or leaven in a glob of bread dough. “Till it was all leavened.” In the other example, he told of a seed which grew to the great tree…

Sitting Together in My Corner Study

Imagine now that you are sitting with me in my corner study room. Our eyes lock I say to you, from my heart to yours. “Do you know a better way to live?”  I know, I know, it will not eradicate evil people or somehow solve all problems. Only Christ’s return at the end of…

Applying the Golden Rule to Our Lives

Now, what does all this mean to you and me and the way we spend the remaining days of our lives? Matthew 25 truly is a special chapter in the Bible for me. It contains two relevant stories. I will restrict myself to just a few points, which I hope you will never forget.  In…

Impressions from Voices of the Past

Somehow, I feel that I have yet to make plain this awesome change in mankind. So I now reach back to almost forgotten voices that made a great impression on me some years ago. Consider the words of Phillip Schaff in his eight-volume History of the Christian Church, a work recognized as one of the…

The Golden Rules Affect on Slavery

Enough said. Now back to the hidden, tiny, personal yeast of the Golden Rule and its surprising power to make change for good. Slavery was seemingly untouchable, impossible to change. Then came these words, “Not Greek or Jew, not male or female, not slave or free man, all are one in Christ.” Historians tell us…

What History will Say about the Golden Rule

Someday historians will go back through history and attempt to track the Golden Rule and all its effect on history. Impossible. It will be impossible to show how those best-known words of Jesus changed the way people thought and acted. Some were even unaware of that influence. But that idea was forever in their subconscious…

The Golden Rule on a Global Scale

Let’s turn to a most exciting part of the Golden Rule story; the astonishing power of the Golden Rule on a global scale! It is a thrilling story that gives hope for the survival and success of humanity! And you and I are a part of this never-to-be repeated story! Yes, for anyone of us…

Earning Respect, Admiration, “A Good Life”

If signing a legal paper makes you feel more responsible than when you give your oral word, then you need the Golden Rule. That’s one of the things Jesus’s next words say to me:  Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, “You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your…

How to Prevent Heartache

Jesus goes on to discuss lust and divorce: You have heard that it was said to those of old, “You shall not commit adultery.” But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to…

Anger and How to Prevent Trouble in Your Life

Next, Jesus turns his attention to the subject of anger:  You have heard that it was said to those of old. “You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.” But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of…

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