Tag: scripture
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Good Grief
The monstrous clouds had billowed in and brought with them the rain.The forecast promised sunny skies, but those were done away. I saw it not approaching—the thunderous night ahead.Hatches best be battened down lest comfort turn to dread. I sheltered in and lit a fire to wait this tempest out.But soon the gale began to…
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Don’t Blame Jesus
“If Christianity is true why are not all Christians obviously nicer than all non-Christians? … If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man’s outward actions — if he continues to be just as snobbish or spiteful or envious or ambitious as he was before — then I think we must suspect that his…
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Prayer Changes Everything
Believer, Sometimes prayer changes things with time, and sometimes prayer changes things in a moment, but prayer always, always changes things . What’s more, what prayer changes isn’t always, firstly, our circumstances, but us and our perspective. When I was younger, I had a sincere and well-meaning, but weak, view and understanding of prayer —…
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