Carl Lance

The Next Step

People are afraid to die! Depending on what they do while they are alive, most should be! They should be afraid of the next step for “it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb 9:27 KJV). How can you judge people that haven’t died yet? I can’t but Jesus […]

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Picture Perfect

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but ten thousand wouldn’t be enough to describe the painting the “First Day in Heaven.” It portrays a young woman with her arms wrapped tightly around the neck of JESUS. Her eyes are tightly closed and her mouth wide open. It’s obvious this joyful greeting isn’t

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Greater And Less Than

What is greater or less isn’t always as obvious at first. I know a couple who bought several moderately priced Dodge automobiles, which were unreliable and weren’t worth much after a few years. We bought a low-priced Honda Fit, put 50K miles on it, experienced unbelievable reliability and after ten years it was still worth

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The Upgrade

When we took a trip to Kemah with our daughter and grandchildren, I reserved a minivan from a nearby rental company. I knew there was plenty of room in the van we selected, because I had rented the same model on many occasions. I tried to plan our trips to avoid problems along the way

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Unselfish Acts

While in the Air Force, assigned to John Hay Air Station, Philippines, I oversaw a huge tree planting project. Everyone was asked to join in, and I encouraged my engineering section to do their part saying, “There is no more unselfish act than planting a tree.” No, I’m not a “tree hugger” (environmental activist), but

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