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A Conference for Christians Who Seek to Alleviate Poverty: The True Charity Summit

A Conference for Christians Who Seek to Alleviate Poverty: The True Charity Summit

Lord willing, the Christian organization True Charity will hold their fifth annual True Charity Summit this spring in Springfield, Missouri.

Their website des

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A Prayer for Every Day of All Seasons, Especially Lent and Passiontide

A Prayer for Every Day of All Seasons, Especially Lent and Passiontide

Richard of Chichester served the Lord as a priest and bishop in England in the 13th Century. He was a contemporary of both Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas.

The Wik

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Some Ideas for the Observance of Advent

Some Ideas for the Observance of Advent

Time flies! As I write this article, we are almost at the end of the traditional Western church year. This means we are almost at the beginning of a new church year: or, in other words, from the first da

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Whether or not America is a Christian nation

Whether or not America is a Christian nation

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Last week Christianity Today and The Dispatch published two articles which complement each other. These articles were written by two Christian men who are friends. I r

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Athanasius and the Cost of Faithfulness to Jesus

Today, May 2nd, is the feast day of Athanasius of Alexandria on Western liturgical calendars.

Athanasius served the Lord as bishop of Alexandria during the Fourth Century. He also served the church, and, through his writings, continues to serve the c

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The Temptation of Christ and Lent

The Temptation of Christ and Lent

Since the days of the Early Church, Lent has been associated with the Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness: the period of forty days at the beginning of the earthly ministry of Jesus in which he fasted alone i

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Christ and the Cosmos

Last week NASA published an article entitled "NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet". One can read this article and see the picture it is about here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-i

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The Penitential Psalms, Advent, and Lent

Repentance is essential to life with God. It was essential to the ministries of the prophets, up to and including John the Baptist and the Lord Jesus Christ. During His earthly ministry, the Lord both preached it and taught it. Two examples:

Now

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Seeing Ever More of Christ Evermore

While searching in Google Books for a certain remark of the ancient Church Father Gregory of Nyssa, I came across the following words of Hans Boersma on page 77 of his book Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition (William B. Eerdm

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Gregory of Nyssa and Christ

Hans Boersma says the following about the ancient theologian and Church Father Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 – c. 395) on page 77 of his book Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018):

I will arg

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A triolet related to Hosea 6:1–3

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Return, and follow on to know the LORD:

And He shall come unto us as the rain.

Come, bow before Him who should be adored:

Return, and follow on to know the LORD.

Come, seek His face; come, be re

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A Prayer for the Assistance, the Light, and the Knowledge of God

Note: This article is related to the article "A Rare Prayer for the Church", which is posted here: http://discipleshipnetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/a-rare-prayer-for-the-church-2. It is not necessary to read one of these articles to understand the ot

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