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Anonymous

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Matthew 13:14-15, Romans 1:19-20, Luke 24:16, 2 Corinthians 4:4

We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't a fish

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G. K. Chesterton

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Romans 8:24-25, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Hebrews 6:19, 1 Peter 1:3

Hope is the power of being cheerful in the presence of circumstances we know to be desperate.

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John Calvin: A Reformer's Humility

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The Pastor's Workshop

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2 Corinthians 11:2, Acts 13:50, James 4:13-15, Philippians 2:3-4, Romans 12:17-19, 1 Peter 2:23, 2 Timothy 4:2, 1 Peter 5:2-3, John 21:15-17, 2 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

The Protestant Reformer John Calvin (1509-1564) arrived in Geneva to lead the city’s church in 1536, but not, as we might imagine, to universal acceptance. Rather, there was significant resistance and...

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The Cellist of Sarajevo

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James Bryan Smith

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Habakkuk 3:17-18, John 16:33, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Romans 12:17-21, Psalm 57:

From 1992 to 1995 the world witnessed one of the worst civil conflicts, the Bosnian War. Three factions, each tied to a religion (Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats, and Muslim Bosniaks), began attacking...

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Allowing Even the Storms to be “Good”

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Nancy Guthrie

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Romans 8:28, Romans 8:31-32, James 1:2-4, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 84:11

It’s easy to label what we consider “good things” in our lives as gifts from God and to welcome them with gratitude. But when difficult things happen, we don’t look at them as part of God’s good plan ...

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The Agony & The Ecstasy

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Philippians 3:13-14, Hebrews 12:1-2, 2 Timothy 4:7, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Romans 8:18, James 1:12, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

During the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto broke his right knee while competing in the floor exercise. At the time, Japan and the Soviet Union fielded the world's ...

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When Fire Makes Things Grow

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Ryan Bundrick

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1 Peter 1:6-7, James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Hebrews 12:11-13, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Zechariah 13:7-9, Daniel 3:, Isaiah 48:10

Trivia time! What natural disaster is the most destructive to a forest? Chances are that the first thing that comes to mind is a forest fire. After all, fire is pure destruction to plants. What possib...

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The Martyr's Mindset: Ignatius of Antioch and Death as Worship

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Ryan Bundrick

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Matthew 16:25, Romans 8:17-18, Philippians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Psalm 116:115, Daniel 3:, Daniel 6:

How many modern Christians consider dying to be the worst thing that can happen to them? We pray for safety, healing, and protection, and rightly so. However, do we live in the truth that death has tr...

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He Guides Our Steps, Through All The Tangled Maze

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Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

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Isaiah 42:16, Psalm 23:, Exodus 13:21-22, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Romans 8:28, Romans 11:33, Philippians 1:6

The following poem is attributed to Nicholaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, the 18th century Moravian church leader and reformer. It captures well the ups and downs of life, the existential questions that emerge...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Proverbs 26:4-5, Job 2:9-10, Romans 7:19-25, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Psalm 42:5

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

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The Life-Sustaining Power of Hope

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Lamentations 3:21–23, Isaiah 40:31, Genesis 50:20, Romans 5:3–5, 2 Corinthians 4:8–9, Psalm 42:11

Survival requires more than the basic biological necessities we readily acknowledge—oxygen, food, and water. It also demands something less tangible but equally vital: hope. When hope vanishes, the hu...

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Michael Gorman

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2 Corinthians 11:23-30, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Philippians 4:11-12, Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, 2 Corinthians 6:4-5, 2 Timothy 3:10-12, Philippians 1:12, Philippians 3:8

The sufferings of Paul are not interruptions to his mission but are intrinsic to it; through them the message of Christ crucified is embodied.

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Is there any Hope?

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Job 14:7-9, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:21-23 , Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Psalm 130:5-6

In his book The Grand Essentials , Ben Patterson recounts the story of an S-4 submarine that sank off the coast of Massachusetts, leaving its entire crew trapped inside. Despite numerous rescue a...

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The Language of God

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Acts 2:4-11, Galatians 3:28, 2 Corinthians 4:13, Ephesians 2:13-22, Philippians 1:27, Romans 12:5; 1

Writing to his parents while imprisoned on the day of Pentecost, the German Dietrich Bonhoeffer said this: At the tower of Babel all the tongues were confounded, and as a result men could no longe...

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The Faithfulness of a Few

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Proverbs 28:20, Revelation 2:10, Matthew 5:10-12, Matthew 10:22, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, 1 Peter 4:12-14, Romans 8:35-37, John 15:18-20, Psalm 31:23, Matthew 25:21, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Timothy 6:12, Matthew 24:45-46

Pliny, a Roman Governor serving around 112 AD, faced a challenging situation regarding Christianity. Many Church historians believe that by his time, it had become illegal to profess the Christian fai...

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In this dark time of year, God, we long for your coming.

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Steve Garnaas Holmes

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Isaiah 60:1-3, Psalm 34:5, Matthew 28:20, John 14:16-18, Romans 8:23-25, Romans 15:13, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Hebrews 10:23, Psalm 23:4, 1 Peter 5:9-10

In this dark time of year, God, we long for your coming. When darkness falls upon the world, we long for your peace. For healing, we wait. For justice, we hope. Strengthen our hearts, that we may be s...

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The law of the Lord is indeed perfect, trustworthy, and right.

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 John 1:8-9, Psalm 19:7-8, Romans 8:29

Leader: The law of the Lord is indeed perfect, trustworthy, and right. When we examine ourselves in light of God’s law, we come face to face with the darkness of our sinful condition. God’s Word sa...

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The Two Runners

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Matthew 6:33, Colossians 3:23, Psalm 39:6, Luke 12:15, Acts 15:29, Matthew 5:14-16, Ephesians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Jeremiah 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24, Luke 9:62, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, James 1:12, Romans 8:16-17, Galatians 2:20

The true story of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, two British sprinters who qualified for the 1924 Olympic Games, illustrates two contrasting approaches to life and identity. Abrahams was driven by ...

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George MacDonald

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Mark 10:35-45, 1 Peter 4:12-13, Philippians 3:10, Romans 8:17, 2 Corinthians 4:17, James 1:2-4

The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like His.

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Richard Sibbes

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Colossians 3:2, Philippians 3:20, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Romans 12:2, Hebrews 11:13-16, Matthew 6:19-21, 1 John 2:15-16, Luke 12:33-34, Luke 18:22, Matthew 19:21

The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

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Resilience Defined

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Rebekah Lyons

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James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Hebrews 12:1-2, 2 Timothy 1:7

The word resilience derives from the Latin term resilire , which means “to recoil or rebound,” and made its debut in the English language in 1627. The first entry in the Oxford English Dictionary...

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One Dark Night: A Deeper Work of God

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Alan Fadling

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Psalm 27:1, Isaiah 50:10, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Romans 8:18, James 1:2-4, Isaiah 50:10

[These thoughts come from a journal entry of about 10 years ago when I was experiencing a deep and dark night of faith] I have found insight and wisdom for my journey with Christ in the writings of J...

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A Prayer From Catherine of Siena

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Catherine of Siena

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Psalm 51:10-11, John 16:12-15, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, 2 Corinthians 10:1-6, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 4:13-18, Romans 8:38-39

O Holy Spirit, come into my heart; By your power draw it to yourself, God, And give me charity with fear. Guard me, Christ, from every evil thought, And so warm and enflame me again With your mos...

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Leader: Tonight old dreams die and new

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Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi

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Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 2:1-20, Luke 2:13-14, Luke 2:8-20, Romans 15:13, Luke 1:46-55, Psalm 96:11-12, Luke 2:20, John 1:9, Luke 2:29-32, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 5:14-16, Acts 2:1-4, Isaiah 11:6-9

Leader: Tonight old dreams die and new dreams come to life. The Promise is fulfilled! People: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace. Leader: Hope gives way to joy and prayer to proclamati...

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Prayer for Holy Saturday

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Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

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Psalm 46:10, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Romans 8:24-25, Hebrews 11:1, Psalm 27:14, Isaiah 40:31

There are so many things we do not understand⁠ So many ways we long for change and closure⁠ Help us to trust you⁠ even when the situation is desperate and out of control⁠ Help us to follow you⁠ even...

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Sisters and brothers, our plans are

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Cody Sandahl

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Proverbs 16:9, Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 28:20, John 14:18-19, Psalm 90:2, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Romans 5:5

Sisters and brothers, our plans are always limited. But God’s plans never are. So go out into the world with the assurance of Jesus’ presence, the vision of God’s eternity, and the compassion of the H...

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Leader: I will exalt you, O LORD,

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Psalm 30:1-5, Romans 8:28, Psalm 34:17-18, Philippians 4:6-7, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, John 14:27

Leader: I will exalt you, O LORD, because you have lifted me up and have not let my enemies triumph over me. People: O LORD my God, I cried out to you, and you restored me to health. Leader: You bro...

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T. R. Glover

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Matthew 5:38-42, Luke 6:27-28, 1 Peter 2:12, Acts 5:40-42, Revelation 12:11, Hebrews 11:36-38, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Romans 8:35-37, Psalm 118:6-7

The early Christian church conquered because the Christians of those days out-thought, out-lived, and out-died the pagans.

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Scripture Guide, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

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Bud Thoreen

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2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, 2 Corinthians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Acts 9:1-18, Hebrews 12:2, Psalm 116:null, Romans 12:2, Colossians 3:9-10

Notes on the Passage Besieged from All Angles: The context of this passage is best summed up with the words recorded throughout the letter: Trouble, Distress, Suffering, Hardship, Death at work, Ja...

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Ovid

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2 Timothy 2:3-4, Psalm 18:32-34, Philippians 4:13, Romans 8:37, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Galatians 6:9

The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.

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