More than 50 years ago, there was a man named Charles Smith, known by his friends as Chuck, who felt called to teach God’s Word in an understandable way. After pastoring a number of churches, he took over a small church in Orange County, California, known as Calvary Chapel.
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We live in a time when our society is becoming increasingly disjointed and divided. Rather than celebrating what we have in common, it seems nowadays that we emphasize the things that separate us. In fact, I don’t know of a time, at least in my life, when our culture has been more divided in the United States, perhaps with the exception of the tumultuous 1960s.
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Would you consider yourself a happy and contented person? Or, do you think happiness and contentment are things you could only attain if you were just a little bit smarter or better looking or had more money?
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From the day we were born, we’ve been on a quest. We are on a search. Deep down inside, we all want to be happy. We all want to be fulfilled and to live lives with purpose. So where do we find happiness?
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In 2017 on New Year’s Eve in New York City, visitors to Times Square were encouraged to bring whatever they wanted out of their lives and throw it into a giant shredder. Some people shredded paper on which they had written unpleasant memories, while others shredded photographs and even their bills.
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As we end one year and begin another, it’s a good time to reflect and look back. Maybe there are some things we wish we would have done, or maybe we have regrets about things that we did do.
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Sooner or later, everyone gets around to asking some simple questions in life. For example, what is right and wrong? What is good and evil? In this day of eroding morals and constantly changing values, these questions are more important than ever, because we as a society have walked away from absolutes. Moral relativism is the rule of the day.
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Imagine if God came to you and said, “I will give you whatever you want. Just ask for it.” What would you pray for? That actually happened to King Solomon. God appeared to him one night in a dream and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” (1 Kings 3:5 NLT).
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What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? Where am I going? Certainly those are questions that we all get around to asking at some point in our lives.
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One of the most well-known passages in the Bible is Psalm 23, which begins, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake” (verses 1–3 NKJV).
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