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WRESTLING WITH ANGELS

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Laughter is serious business.

Carolyn Arends | posted 4/01/2008 10:16AM

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It's serious business, laughter. It's the kind of sacrifice of praise that puts our insides right. The old cliché is true: Laughter is a medicine that reminds us that our sickness will one day be healed and we shall be whole and holy. Until then, laughter is the Elmer's Glue that attaches us to the goodness that inhabits this world, and to the gladness that hints at the world to come.

Carolyn Arends is an award-winning singer-songwriter, author, and film critic (for ChristianityTodayMovies.com) who lives in Vancouver with her husband and two children. More at CarolynArends.com.

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Ephrem Hagos

Posted: April 07, 2008 10:24 AM


For a great Bible A Study with interesting application (Mark 8: 14-30), coupled with a unique sense of humor on the part of Jesus Christ, find out why Jesus laid His hands TWICE instead of the usual once to heal a blind man after He led him out of the village for a purpose? Your good and loud laughter means you got the answer right!

Chris Pina

Posted: April 04, 2008 6:31 PM


Psalm 16:11 In His presence there is fullness of Joy, Psalm 23:5 He anoints are heads and are cups runneth over. It's that Laughter that comes from the wells of Salvation. The well of Living water, 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. That life giving water is in the presence of the Lord. "Drink" Jesus said, Drink !

meddard bautista

Posted: April 03, 2008 7:11 AM


its a lubricant to one's mind!

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