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Motherhood at the Foot of the Cross – Elisha reflects on the challenges of motherhood. “Some days I receive such abundant mercy, and words of grace and joy characterize my conversations with them. I gracefully nurture, and it comes almost naturally. Our home has peace, and laughter. These are such wonderful days. But then there are the other days…”

Excellence or Faithfulness – Randy and Nanci Alcorn are right: Sometimes you just can’t do everything in life with excellence, but you can always do them with faithfulness.

More Cell Phones than Toilets – It seems sociologically significant that more people on earth have access to cell phones than to toilets.

Salvation Accomplished By the Son – If you’d like to do some Good Friday and Easter reading, Crossway is offering a free download of a significant portion of Robert Peterson’s Salvation Accomplished by the Son.

Revelation – If you ever read the Revelation graphic novel by Chris Koelle, you may be interested in buying some prints or other related art work. Chris has opened a store that sells all kinds of good things.

The State of the Bible – The Barna Group has produced its annual study of what Americans think about the Bible. Here’s an interesting infographic summarizing their results.

Calvary shows how far men will go in sin, and how far God will go for man’s salvation.

—H.C. Trumball

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