“The third level of introduction is the one that not only begins and ends a sermon, but also appears throughout. It frames the sermon but also illustrates it in an ongoing way, providing a continual ...
“1. Walking and praying helps me to concentrate on prayer. The TV is not on. My laptop is back in my office…. 2. Walking and praying pushes me to break away from my work – which, if I’m honest, can ...
“A misguided view of spirituality affects how others and oneself are viewed. Being ‘wrong’ on some issue is viewed as a spiritual problem, and being ‘right’ is often treated as if it comes from a ...
“I recently encountered a poem I enjoyed and wanted to share with you…. Among his poems is this brief reflection on the death of a Christian (which, appropriately, is titled ‘A Christian’s Death’)” - ...
“Some may dismiss our concerns as legalistic and destructive of Christian liberty, but probably no home in America has not been touched by substance abuse in one way or another.” - P&D ...
“According to ShoutYourAbortion.com (yes, that is a real website), women who want children are the abnormal ones…. This website is among the legacies of a society now well into its fourth wave of ...
“David Hein’s Teaching the Virtues …. is intended as a primer for parents and teachers at these private schools and approaches its topic not as a treatise on either virtue or teaching but as one on ...
The Gentiles (Cornelius’s household) had believed on Jesus Christ and had received the Holy Spirit; the same gift the ...
“The most serious, and potentially damning, errors surface when the two are not carefully distinguished. According to Turretin, justification and sanctification differ in at least five ways.” - Kevin ...
Triage comes from medical care in war or in situations where medical/surgical care is limited or strained. Triage is the ...
“Resurrection Sunday… is just a few weeks away. What Easter really means to us is not determined by what we do that weekend, though; it’s determined by how we live every day.” - Chuck Lawless ...
“the percentage of Americans with no religion has leveled off…. this hardly means that the ‘nones,’ or their impact on American life, are going away. In fact, their sheer size makes it likely that ...