Editor’s note: This post is excerpted from The Proselytizer, the autobiographical account of 20th-century Greek minister Panos Zachariou, who witnessed divine intervention during business failures, poverty, war, captivity in a German concentration camp, mass execution, and repeated imprisonment for sharing the gospel. The account was edited and prepared for publication by his son Philemon Zachariou, […]
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; 7 let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:6-7 (ESV) Tourists were lounging on the
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For some, the pandemic has been a time of spiritual growth, and perhaps for others a season of struggle. I was challenged recently by the testimony of a young person in our church. He spoke candidly of it being a period of spiritual drift for him. Whether we’re growing or drifting, such circumstances can disciple
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There are several reasons why we might pick up a book or an article to read. Perhaps we want a particular bit of information, like how to change the oil in our car. Perhaps we are curious about a particular topic or historical figure, or we merely want to read a classic piece of fiction.
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20 And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter 21 that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them? Ezekiel 16:20-21 (ESV) The children in Sunday-morning swim lessons at the
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There can be little doubt that the Lord and his apostles did much good through their visits to people’s homes (for example Luke 10:38-42, Acts 20:20). The opportunities were used for friendship, understanding and care. Preeminently it was a means of close and careful instruction and was often life changing. In looking at a variety
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