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The Chapel Quotes
“Our lives become compartmentalized into baskets. There are many baskets that provide joy in our lives. The danger is that all of these baskets have shaky foundations and are unreliable. Christian joy is a perpetual attitude of blessedness that has as its focus the Lord, Jesus Christ. We are joy seekers; we’re looking for joy and we find it in so many different areas of our lives. We need to put more and more of our joy in the Lord.”
“Our joy is best served when we take all the areas of our lives and place them in the hands of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We confuse joy with happiness. Happiness is a temporary emotion and circumstantial. Joy is more than an emotion, it’s more of an attitude. We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for the day. To rejoice is a mindset that even when things fall apart we have the Lord. When we take the areas of our life and give them to God, they are now on a firm foundation on His terms. Rejoice in the Lord always!”
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“Christian Stylings In Ivory” by composer-musician Don Krueger
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Devotion 04/27/2025
Our Devotion, “Spread God’s Pleasing Aroma” is by Drew A. Neuenschwander, a professional writing major at Taylor University and a freelance writer for Church Libraries, Christian Book Previews, and Christian Communicator.
As a child growing up, do you remember your father by any specific scent? Perhaps his aftershave or a type of cologne? What do you imagine your heavenly Father’s fragrance to be like? More importantly, what should you do to embrace his loving, enticing aroma as your own?
In the book of John, chapter 11, Lazarus died, and Jesus returned to the town of Bethany to comfort his friend’s sisters, Mary and Martha. The Bible tells us that Jesus wept for his friend, but when he was led to Lazarus’ tomb, Jesus instructed the mourners to remove the stone from the tomb’s entrance. Martha advised that Lazarus had started to decay, but that didn’t stop Jesus from bringing his friend back to life.
Stop and ask yourself a question: “Am I alive in Jesus Christ, or are there parts of me that have started to decay spiritually? Do I radiate my heavenly Father’s pleasing aroma or is my spiritual scent in need of resurrection? Lazarus couldn’t stop the natural processes that took his life. Likewise, without Jesus, we are powerless against our sin nature.
Your father’s advice for maintaining good hygiene and the Bible’s instructions for receiving a godly bouquet share a similar rule of thumb: “Reapply! Reapply! Reapply!” The odor of our sin builds up constantly, so the key is to cleanse ourselves daily in His grace, His Word, and His holy presence.
Book Review 04/30/2025
This Book Review is by a Professional Writing Major at Taylor University.
Fake News, Truth-Telling, and Charles M. Sheldon’s Model of Accuracy
By Michael Ray Smith
Smith & Associates, PB, 230 pages
Today’s media, both print and online, are full to bursting with fake news. Writer, photojournalist, and communication professor Michael Ray Smith wrote this book to show Christian readers what real news should look like. To do so, Smith performs a case study of Rev. Charles M. Sheldon’s week-long newspaper-editing experiment. Sheldon’s goal was to test the practicality of running a newspaper that was both meticulously fact-checked and completely Christian. Although Sheldon worked in 1900, Smith explains the merits of the reverend’s methods and encourages journalists to adapt them for the modern news industry.
The content was interesting, and, as befits a book about the nature of news, well-researched. Smith’s experience in—and passion for—journalism fills every page. Unfortunately, the way he delivers his knowledge leaves something to be desired. It got repetitive in places, contained interesting yet irrelevant historical data, and occasionally substituted paragraph-long URL’s for APA citations, which disrupted the flow of the book. With all that said, Smith’s book provided valuable insights into the nature of both real and fake news, so I recommend it to anyone interested in journalism and current events.
Review used by permission of Evangelical Church Library Association (ECLA)
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