How to Pray for Rulers
The clearest description of how to pray for civil rulers is found in 1 Timothy 2:1–4. Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, […]
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Why this Friday is Good
I am not sad on Good Friday. I don’t experience morose feelings or morbid thoughts or find myself in a miserable mood. I can’t even
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God Does Not “Owe” Us An Easy Life
I recently read a news article about a famous athlete who plays a team sport. I won’t mention who it is. Because she suffered an
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Why ?
Some time ago, a woman called, asking me to give her passages from the Bible to make her feel better about the death of her
Our Help and Deliverer
I am afflicted and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay. Psalm 70:5 We
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What Has Been May Be Again
In the mid-third century, the Roman Emperor Decius embarked on a campaign to secure the fragmenting loyalty of his subjects. Rome’s eastward expansion saw new
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Perfect Peace
“Do you really have to gripe as much as you do!?” I joined the 7:00 AM Men’s Zoom Group Tuesday morning and they were reading
Why, What, or Who
In the third chapter of Exodus when Moses first encounters God we read – “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why