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Choose to Be on God’s Side

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren   Abraham Lincoln was president during one of the  most trying times in our nation – the Civil War. According to several books written about Lincoln, when a man approached him and … Continue reading

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Choose to Love God Regardless

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren   In Romans we are asked a rhetorical question, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” … Continue reading

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Choose to “Eat” Your Bible

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Menelik II was an intelligent, dynamic African ruler who lived from 1844 to 1913. He established the nation of Ethiopia and is remembered for preserving the freedom of his people by defeating … Continue reading

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Choose to Be a Good Christian, Not a Bad One

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren One of my favorite movies is The Wizard of Oz. I love it! Dorothy spins over that rainbow and lands on top of a wicked witch. Then the lovely Glinda floats down … Continue reading

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Choose Not to Idolize People

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Moses was a meek man. God chose him to lead Israel out of Egypt. He parted the Red Sea. God gave him the Ten Commandments. Those in the campground who occasionally caught … Continue reading

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Choose to Be a Christian, Not a Religionist

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren   Are you religious? People make a huge error thinking that Christianity is a religion. It’s not so much a religion as it is a lifestyle. Religion is what you believe, but … Continue reading

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Choose to Drink or Not? (Part 2)

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Recently I heard a radio preacher tell people it was a sin to drink alcoholic beverages. He cited death statistics for drunk drivers, scriptures focusing on wine being a mocker (Proverbs 20:1), … Continue reading

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Choose to Drink or Not? (Part 1)

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren   Recently I heard a radio preacher tell people it was a sin to drink alcoholic beverages. This minister seemed pretty well-versed in the Bible and has a fairly large following. Yet … Continue reading

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Choose to Ask for Water

  Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren I do not function well in hot weather. Growing up in the Mississippi River area, I am very familiar with hot weather. It’s not so much the heat that gets me; … Continue reading

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Choose to Listen and Recognize God’s Voice

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Music has given me much joy through the years and I’m pretty good at identifying singers of old standards or early rock n’ roll. Being able to recognize someone’s voice is a … Continue reading

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