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“‘And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”—Mark 12:30-31

Volume 8 Number 6

July 2006

The Leveling Field: What Does God Want Us to Learn?
By Jean Jantzen

After years of education, experience and achievements, why do so many of God’s servants end up facing a “wilderness” phase?

Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
By Jim Columbia

If you have ever “judged a book by its cover,” you have let the first impression of someone become a lasting one. This story of two hunters pictures the importance of looking deeper into the pages of others’ lives, into the heart of the matter.

Poverty Is Personal
By Phyllis Newton

Poverty has been a constant presence throughout human history, but each of us has the opportunity to personally combat poverty every day while we look forward to a time when poverty will be a distant memory.

Foul Language
By Robert Berendt

The world around us is full of filthy language, and it’s easy to become indifferent to it all, but God wants us to take a different viewpoint toward the words that come out of our mouths.

A Network of Love
By Jean Jantzen

God designed us with the need to form relationships with others. Through this network of companionship, we learn the importance of giving and receiving love.

Letters to the Editor

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