Mom, Refresh Your Heart and Guide Your Children in God’s Word This Mother’s Day
Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life. Proverbs 22:6 (GNT) Mother’s Day is famous for its heartfelt gifts. Fistfuls of dandelions from your toddler, who wanted to give you her favorite flowers. Breakfast in bed, complete with orange juice on your sheets and a sink full of pancake batter. Hand-painted portraits of your…
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Stuff We’ve Read, Stuff We Like
Inspiration God is the true author [of both Testaments], but his authorship is not executed with pen and ink, nor simply by the direct inspiration of literal penmen. His materials are the whole stuff of history and his hand is Providence. His “writing” of the scripture is just as much his creation of the life which finds expression in the…
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How to Find Freedom from Guilt and Shame in the Psalms
I sat with a young Marine in my office, his face turned towards the floor. He had lost weight since I saw him last and had dark circles under his eyes. As he shared his story, I heard deep sorrow in his voice. He had miscalculated a situation and acted wrongly. He held his hands open as if he were…
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Answered Prayer: Thousands in Charlotte Complete Bible Reading Plan
In May, the United Missionary Baptist Association celebrated the completion of the Community Bible Experience, which took people from 15 different churches in Charlotte, North Carolina, on an 8-week journey through the New Testament. Will you join us in thanking God for the American Bible Society ministry partners who supported this initiative and for bringing people in Charlotte together to…
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Overcome Financial Fears with Hope in God’s Word
You run your card through the machine a second time, a third time, a fourth. But each time, you see the same words pop up on the screen, screaming at you as the machine angrily beeps: DECLINED. Frantically, you search through your bag for cash, loose change, anything. Nothing. You think, Okay, maybe I can do this. I can make…
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Pray for Emotional and Spiritual Healing for Exiled Women in Ghana
In remote communities in Ghana, a 150-year-old tradition allows women falsely accused of witchcraft to be exiled from their homes and sent to “women’s camps” in the northern part of the country. Already suffering the trauma of being torn from their families, these women are then forced to live in overcrowded mud houses and are often beaten. But many women…
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Beyond Tweeting
It’s nice to tweet a Bible verse. In a cyberworld of tense news, negative comments, and harsh attacks, it’s encouraging to see Scripture on social media. But the 140 characters available on Twitter miss an important component—the same element that’s missed in any verse-of-the-day platforms, many songs, and some sermons. Context. We miss the context. This isn’t just about Bible…
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