What Does the Bible Say About Repentance? 6 Verses Offer Wisdom
When was the last time you had a conversation about repentance? If your answer is, “I don’t know if I’ve ever had a conversation about repentance,” you aren’t alone. Many people are eager to discuss biblical values like love and hope, but balk at conversations about sin, judgement, and God’s call to repentance in Scripture. Even Christians can start to…
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Pray for God to Heal Sudan’s Victims of War
Decades of civil war in Sudan have ravaged the nation and its people. The suffering of Sudanese victims of war has prompted the Bible Society in Sudan to respond with Bible-based trauma healing sessions. Through this ministry, they are bringing the healing power of Scripture to those stripped of their wholeness, security, innocence, and joy. Trauma healing offers a safe…
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Do You Believe in the Resurrection of the Body?
Just when we New Englanders thought that we would not outlive winter’s grip, signs of spring begin to appear. It’s subtle. You have to watch for it. The bare willow trees turn sunny and golden. Crocuses and tiger lilies poke up through the dark earth, rising up out of their beds. Magically, tiny buds appear on tree branches, intricate structures…
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How to Channel Your Longing for God and Find True Fulfillment
In The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality, Ronald Rolheiser brilliantly unpacks the longing that exists in the human soul—an ache so profound that it leaves us wanting something we cannot name. In this book, Rolheiser examines the fiery energy of the human soul and how to channel this energy to find fulfillment in God. He explores topics…
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Join in Prayer for United Bible Societies
On May 9, 2018, United Bible Societies will hold an annual day of prayer to give God praise and to seek his continued guidance for Bible ministry. It was on this day that the United Bible Societies Fellowship was founded in 1946. Now, nearly 150 Bible Societies — including American Bible Society — operate in more than 200 nations and…
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Words are Powerful. When is the Right Time to Speak Up?
My neighbor must have been in a good mood—or maybe a spectacularly bad one—because, for the first time since I’d moved into my apartment five months earlier, I could hear music blaring from next door. Only the bass tones reached my home office, but it was distracting. Do I say something? I decided not to because I knew she had…
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Worried About Your Legacy? Trust Jesus Day to Day
“Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him, How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er, Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more.” “’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” by Louisa M. R. Stead The world is moving too fast, you think. You have no idea what half the words are on the magazines at the grocery…
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