A Song for the Weary
If each day you don’t face the futility of your own life, you’re not being honest with yourself. Soon you will be dead. The wealth you earned, the possessions you…
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The Courage of Those Who Have a “Better and Abiding” Reward
The year 203 marked the martyrdom of a unique pair of women. Perpetua was a 21-year-old noblewoman in the city of Carthage (in modern-day Tunisia). Neither her parents nor her
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Is Death the New Pornography?
So suggested an English sociologist in 1955, noting how the sexual taboos of the 19th century were becoming fair game for common observance and conversation, while something quite commonly observed
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Today in Church History: June 19, 325
The Council of Nicea issued the Nicene Creed, which brought clarity to the Church’s articulation of the Deity of Christ. “Shortly after Constantine unified the Roman Empire under his political
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Prayer Based on Romans 12
Lord, we thank you that we need not – indeed we dare not – try to bring any sacrifice for sin! Christ has atoned for the sins of His people,
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A Prayer based on Galatians 3:10-14
Lord, your word says that “all who rely on works of the law are under a curse…” I recognize in myself the temptation to rely on my own accomplishments to
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Prayers for Unbelievers (adapted from Tim Challies)
That God would circumcise their hearts (Deuteronomy 30:6) That God would give them a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19) That God would put His Spirit within them (Ezekiel 36:27) That
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A Prayer Based on Psalm 22
Lord, we turn to you in times of loneliness and trouble. We think on the experience of David in peril, and also of the Greater David in the shadow of
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Another Bold and Celebrated Woman of the Bible
Yesterday in Exodus 1 we got to know Shiphrah and Puah, leaders of the Hebrew midwives who refused to obey Pharaoh’s edict to kill the male children at delivery. Because
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Snapshot from Church History: Alban the Martyr (304 AD)
Alban lived in Hertfordshire, England, and was a pagan soldier in the Roman Army. In 303, Emperor Diocletian published his edict against the Christians. At some point, Alban gave shelter
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