RSS FeedWISDOM FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY
On April 4, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln visited Richmond, Virginia after it had fallen to the Union forces. He encountered a sullen white population seething with resentment. He stepped out of his rowboat onto the riverbank. There was no reception committee but one...
THE ANSWER TO DISCOURAGEMENT
Are you discouraged in the face of everything that is happening in the world and our inability to fix the problems and protect ourselves from harm? What resources do you have to combat fear and our failure to experience joy in daily living? “Love always perseveres” (1...
LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS
Now and again I wake up in the night remembering people who have let me down, made life difficult, cost me money, hurt my feelings, injured my pride, failed to do the right thing. It is hard to get back to sleep as the memories come flooding back of all those...
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” (NIV) “You are blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.” (The Message)...
HOW TO PRAY
Men and women are at their noblest and best when they are on their knees before God in prayer. To pray is not only to be truly godly; it is also to be truly human. For here are human beings, made by God like God and for God, spending time in fellowship with God. So...
LEARNING FROM LINCOLN
Ted Widmer (Distinguished Lecturer at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York) has written a fascinating book entitled Lincoln on the Verge, Thirteen Days to Washington. It chronicles the newly elected Abraham Lincoln’s railroad journey from...
THE ANSWER TO RACIAL PREJUDICE
When Jesus commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and illustrates it by telling the parable of the Good Samaritan, he is saying that we are to love everybody according to their need. There are no exceptions to this command. In contrast to romantic love or...
PRAY FOR EVERYONE, FOR ALL IN AUTHORITY, THAT WE MAY LEAD PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIVES (1 TIM.2:1,2)
A General Prayer in time of need, taken from the Book of Common Prayer, 1789 God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth; have mercy upon us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us. God the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier of the faithful; have mercy upon us....
THE NEW WINE OF THE SPIRIT
Some made fun of the Christians and said, ‘They have had too much wine.’ (Acts 2:13) They’re drunk! Can you imagine that being said of most Christians today? What characterizes those who have over indulged? Are they loud, making too much noise? Have they lost their...
SLOTH VERSUS ZEAL
Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) is best known as the writer of the Lord Peter Wimsey crime mysteries. However, she considered her greatest literary achievement was her translation and commentary of Dante’s Divine Comedy. A formidable intellect, she was a Christian...
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