(…continued) Martin Luther worked through his disappointment with the church by simply continuing to focus on God’s Word. He looked past all the abuses of the church, going deeper to find what was central to the Christian faith. He did not accept the church’s claim to have authority over God’s Word, and […]
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Above: Martin Luther monument, Dresden, Germany ————- (…continued) Did Martin Luther find peace with God by becoming a monk? Not at all. Luther was an intense man, giving himself completely to his studies. What he saw in the church’s teaching and in his own reading of the Bible was an angry and
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John 3:16-17– (Jesus said), “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” *************************************** On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther
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In sixteenth century Holland, it was against the law to worship anywhere outside of the official institutional church. Among the free-thinking Reformers, there was a group that have since become known as the Mennonites. In 1569 a man from this group named Dirk Willems was arrested for being illegally baptized and for holding
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“Do you want to change the world? Sponsor a child.” That was the headline of a Christianity Today article several years ago about Compassion International’s child sponsorship program. When I read that story I was encouraged, and, a bit relieved. Our family sponsored a child, and I had often recommended child sponsorship
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By Tony Campolo (1935-2024), Let Me Tell You a Story, pages 46-48, © 2000 I head up an organization that has created a missionary enterprise in Haiti. Presently, through the efforts of those who have taken over this ministry, a network of some eighty-five schools has been established that serves children who have
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Have you checked your cell phone lately? Do you have a computer in your home? Do you ever look up anything on the internet, watch television, or listen to the radio? If so, you can thank Samuel Morse (1791-1872; pictured above), the “Father of American Telecommunications,” a Christian man who wanted to make
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In my sermons, Emailmeditations, and conversations, I quote C. S. Lewis more than anyone else, other than Jesus Christ. Other than the Holy Spirit, the writings of C. S. Lewis were the most significant influence in my decision to continue to believe in Jesus and not abandon my faith. For almost one hundred years,
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A few years ago, the Minneapolis Tribune had an entire section featuring the history of abortion in America. Included in the section was a two-page spread telling the stories of eight women whose lives were dramatically improved by the fact that they were able to legally obtain an abortion when they were younger.
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(…continued) Armando Valladares, and many other prisoners in the Cuban prison on the Isle of Pines, were inspired and strengthened in their faith by another prisoner they knew only as “The Brother of Faith.” ‘The Brother’ was a Protestant minister who, in that ‘hell on earth,’ created a community of living faith in Jesus
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