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Doing the Most Good
Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again—until they can scarcely distinguish which is the one and … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster relief, faith and works, Katrina, monday, prayer, Salvation Army, the monday prayer, urban ministry
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You’re Not the Worst
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” ― C.S. Lewis PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your … Continue reading
What Does Discipleship Cost?
“Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.” —Leo Tolstoy PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their … Continue reading
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Tagged counting the cost, disciple, discipline, Follow Me, grace, Jesus, Luke 14:25-33, prayer, The Cost of Discipleship, the monday prayer
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Broken Cisterns or Living Water?
PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken Cisterns, Living Water, Monday Prayer, prayer, pure water, Ravi Zacharias, true religion
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Shaking the Church
“Love your enemies” —the Arabic script on the left of the door. “I will still pray for you” —the Arabic script on the right. [Photo Taken of a Coptic Christian House in a northern suburb of Cairo] PRAYER: (from the … Continue reading
Thinking and Doing Right
If you believe what you like about the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. —Saint Augustine PRAYER : (from the Lectionary) “Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to … Continue reading
What’s In YOUR Barn?
Money just makes you more of who you already are. If you’re a jerk when you’re poor, then if you become rich you’ll just become a colossal jerk. If you are generous when you have little, you will have the … Continue reading
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Tagged Giving, Greed, Pope Francis, prayer, storing treasure, the monday prayer, wealth, world hunger
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Don’t Be Deceived
Truth by definition is exclusive. Everything cannot be true. If everything is true, then nothing is false. And if nothing is false then it would also be true to say everything is false. We cannot have it both ways. —Ravi … Continue reading
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Tagged Bono, c.s. lewis, Christian, grace, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Bunyan, karma, prayer, Ravi Zacharias, the monday prayer, truth
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Ripe or Rotten?
Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it. It’s time for some of us to stop apologizing for God and start apologizing to Him for being embarrassed by the ways He has chosen to … Continue reading
Being Plumb
Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for – because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. –Peter Marshall, U.S. Senate Chaplain, 1947. PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “O Lord, … Continue reading
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Tagged God's Word, love God, love your neighbor, plumb line, prayer, the monday prayer, what do you believe?, who is my neighbor
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