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The Persecuted Church

I couldn’t stop reading.  At the age of 16, the truth of the gospel was beginning to take root and I couldn’t get enough of it.  Granted, in those first few years there was so much that was beyond my understanding, but it didn’t stop me from reading.  It was devotionals first and then the Bible.  The Bible felt like a letter written to me personally.  Each time I opened the pages it was like God was speaking to me in ways I’d never experienced...

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Praying for Monica

“Open my eyes, that I may behold  wondrous things out of your law.  I am a sojourner on the earth;  hide not your commandments from me!” Psalm 119: 18-19 (ESV)  To sojourn is to stay somewhere temporarily. It is being somewhere on purpose yet knowing that place is not the final destination. The Psalmist says here that his sojourn is on the earth. All of the earth, the Psalm teaches, is...

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The Greatest Issues of Our Time

What are the greatest issues of our time? With election season upon us, questions such as this are common to hear and think about. Polls show typical answers to be healthcare, safety, personal freedoms and liberties, breakdown of the family unit, hunger, job security and extremism - to name a few. We see inequality in our communities and disparities in how we are treated based on our socioeconomic status, the...

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