Two votes at the Council of Nicaea (325 A.D.) underscored the Church Fathers’ devotion to marriage. The first vote maintained clerical marriage relationships, the second defended surviving spouses’ remarriage. Though the latter was a clear indication of their esteem for the institution, in that they provided for widows and widowers who yearned for a new […]
The Church Fathers’ High View of Marriage Read Post »
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was
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24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger
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4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. Revelation 2:4-5 (ESV) George
E. M. Bounds was an attorney who sensed God calling him to ministry after only three years in the legal practice. Consequently, he served as a Confederate chaplain during the American Civil War and a pastor at churches across the South before settling in Washington, Georgia, for a fruitful writing ministry. His works on prayer
Prayer Leads to Holiness — E. M. Bounds (1835-1913) Read Post »
One of the great legacies of the Reformed tradition is an emphasis on worldview thinking. Every area of life is to be brought under the lordship of Christ, and every legitimate discipline may be used as a means of worshipping God with one’s heart, soul, mind, and strength. In a recent volume, Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.,
Learning Is a Spiritual Call — Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. (1946 – ) Read Post »
