How the world has changed preserving food without electricity
The author recalls life before refrigerators using an ice box, ice deliveries, and improvised cooling methods in East Texas. With 95 degree shade temperatures, milk butter and ice cream relied on ice, wells, springs, creeks, and creek water to stay cool. Watermelons were kept in creeks for a cooler evening meal, illustrating the resourceful approach to food safety and the comfort of daily life before modern refrigeration.
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Texas
Favorite Parts of the Bible and Cherry-Picked Gospel
The piece argues that people favor certain Bible passages due to heritage and habit while neglecting the whole text. It critiques cherry-picking verses to claim infallible, inerrant interpretation and warns against sermons that claim instant salvation from sacred incantations.
Cap the well amid Gulf spill crisis and blame games
The April explosion on a Louisiana offshore rig has caused deaths and a continuing Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Officials race to cap the well while investigations begin into why and how. The disaster imperils ecosystems and local economics as blame shifts and policy debates lag the urgent effort.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Faith lift sermon urges wake up dress up stand up
A speaker urges believers to live by faith not fear. He calls readers to wake up and choose righteousness, dress life with a smile, and stand up for beliefs. He cites scripture urging perseverance, prayer, and faith that sustains through perilous times.
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Harold Longbotham
Judgment seat of Christ and personal accountability
The passage outlines four points: a future divine judgment by God and Christ, all humans must appear before Christ’s judgment seat, each person will give an individual account for deeds, and judgment is based on how one lived. It emphasizes personal responsibility and the seriousness of salvation.
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Felix
Philippi
Witnesses Called to Proclaim Repentance and Forgiveness
A religious reflection cites Luke 24 as Jesus instructing his disciples to begin in Jerusalem and proclaim repentance and forgiveness of sins to all nations. The passage notes the promise of the Father and the Holy Spirit empowering believers as witnesses of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
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Heaven
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Kingdom of God
Grace or Grayson Baby Boy Foal Named by Miracle Prayer
In a church email Cindy recounts praying for a baby girl foal for 11 months and receiving Grace. 24 hours after arrival the foal is revealed as a boy named by her husband Chris. She notes better prayer communication and cites Matthew 6:8 about God knowing needs.
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Grace
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