By Scott Allen  (…continued) Transforming truth No. 2: God cares for us (and judges us) as individuals    God created us as unique individuals, and He cares about each person individually.  He counts our tears and numbers our hairs.  He also holds us accountable as individuals for the decisions we make and the […]
1594) God’s Truth in a Divided World (b) Read More »
Above:Â Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017 —————————- By Scott Allen, posted August 19, 2017, at: http://www.wng.org ——————— On August 12th, a death in Charlottesville, Va., showed us the danger embedded in our current national divisiveness. Â We have great need for the transforming truth that the Bible brings to bear not just on personal questions but
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By Eric Metaxas and Roberto Rivera, July 24, 2017, at:  www.breakpoint.org ————————–    What happens when a civilization forgets— or rejects— its roots?  We’re seeing it right now.    “Europe is committing suicide.  Or at least its leaders have decided to commit suicide.”  Those are the opening words of Douglas Murray’s controversial best-seller,
1568) Sawing Off the Branch We are Sitting On Read More »
Posted at http://www.theonion.com, vol. 52, issue 34.  The Onion has been publishing news satire since 1988, but I think this item might be true. ——————–    WASHINGTON—In a new report released Wednesday by the Pew Research center, Americans indicated that when it comes to what they expect from their country, all they really want
1555) Is This Too Much to Ask? Read More »
By Eric Metaxas, on Breakpoint Daily, March 28, 2017  (www.breakpoint.org) ——————————    In his new book, The Benedict Option, my friend Rod Dreher makes a sobering and sadly accurate claim: “Christians who hold to the biblical teaching about sex and marriage, have the same status in culture, and increasingly in law, as racists.” Â
1448) Who Will Help the Homeless? Read More »
   The Constitutional Convention of 1787 held its meetings in secret, and its members were expected to keep the details of their discussions and debates confidential.  The official papers of the Convention sat in the State Department offices, untouched, until 1818.  When finally released to the public, it was clear that tempers flared often
1444) Ben Franklin’s Request for Prayer Read More »
By Pastor Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor of University Reformed Church (PCA), East Lansing, Michigan; prayed in the November 13, 2016 worship service (adapted). —————————— Our good and gracious heavenly Father, we praise you for your almighty and ever present power, by which you create and sustain all things. When we don’t know what will happen with
1318) A Post-Election Prayer Read More »
Two ‘prose poems’ by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), from Stories and Prose Poems, translated by Michael Glenny, 1970, pages 214-216. ——————— A JOURNEY ALONG THE OKA Â Â Â Â Traveling along the country roads in central Russia, you begin to understand why the Russian countryside has such a soothing effect. Â Â Â Â It is because
1240) Mourning the Loss of Faith in His Homeland Read More »
By John Stonestreet at http://www.breakpoint.org, August 9, 2016. ———————————- Â Â Â So, have you heard this one? Â Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are stranded at sea on a life boat. Â Who survives? Â America does! Â Â Â Â What a bizarre election year this has been. Â Â Â Now, despite the dire warnings from both candidates
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By Chuck Colson (1931-2012) , 2001, at: Â www.breakpoint.org —————– Â Â Â Congress recently shot down a constitutional amendment that would have required the federal government to balance its budget (note the date– this was 2001; The national debt has more than tripled since then). Â In essence Congress said, “We can’t do it. Â We can’t do
1213) Government as a False God Read More »
