Above: Rachael Denhollander, the first to publicly accuse Larry Nassar ————– “Rachel Denhollander and the Gospel of Costly Grace: Naming Evil, Extending Forgiveness” by John Stonestreet with Stan Guthrie, February 2, 2018, at: http://www.breakpoint.org ————————————    It was the most amazing courtroom testimony I’ve ever heard…    Years ago, Rachael Denhollander was a […]
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“The God of Do-overs” by Lee Strobel, in Investigating the Faith, January 20, 2018, at http://www.biblegateway.com    Some people need a do-over from God because guilt has been squeezing the hope out of their lives. That was the case with a woman who wrote to me about the turbulence in her life. She explained
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By Joshua Rogers, at http://www.joshuarogers.com, March 3, 2017. Rogers is a writer, speaker, and attorney who lives in Washington, D.C. ——————————-    I did not enjoy going to church last Sunday.    I took my three kids the service by myself because my wife wasn’t feeling well. The journey started out well enough — we
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“Truth, Grace, and My Father’s Conversion at Age 84,” by Randy Alcorn, posted August 1, 2012 at: http://www.epm.org    My father was the most resistant person to the gospel I’ve ever known. He warned me never to talk to him again about “that religious stuff.”    At age eighty-four, Dad was diagnosed with terminal
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Two more stories of our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ, posted at:Â http://www.opendoors.org ————————— STEADFAST TO THE END The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. –1 Peter 5:10 Â
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   There have been a number of books written about U2 and their iconic frontman, Bono, arguably the world’s most famous rock star.  But not till now has Bono himself come out to tell his own story.  In the book, Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas (Riverhead Books, © 2005), the rocker shares his
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By Rick Warren at: http://www.pastorrick.com ———————–    God’s number one characteristic in the Bible isn’t his sovereignty, omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, anger, or justice.    It’s his mercy.    The world often wants to portray God as someone who is completely focused upon judgment. But God describes himself first and foremost as a
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By Rick Warren, Daily Hope meditation, July 11, 2017, at:  www.pastorrick.com/devotional ————————–    There’s a lot of faulty thinking about forgiveness.  The act of forgiveness gets watered down.  It gets abused.  It gets cheapened.    What is forgiveness really?  Take a quick test by answering “true” or “false” to the following statements: 1.  Â
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From The Testament, by John Grisham, pages 244-246, Doubleday, 1999. ————————— Â Â Â This novel begins with the death of Troy Phelan, the tenth richest man in America. Â Phelan despises all six of his contemptible children from three marriages, and leaves none of his eleven billion dollar estate to any of them. Â Instead, he leaves
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By John Piper ———————— Romans 12:19  —  Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”    Why is this such a crucial promise in overcoming our bent toward bitterness and revenge?  The reason is that this promise
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