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• Infinite Wisdom
  on May 21, 2013 in Blog
  Infinite Wisdom Isaac Watts, called the “Father of English Hymns,” wrote such classics as O God Our Help in Ages Past, Joy to the World, At the Cross, and 600 others. He was a small, odd man whose life was shaped by his father, Isaac, senior. The...
• THOT 4 2 Day — 05.21.13
  on May 21, 2013 in THOT 4 2 Day Bible Day Of The Year Fear God Isaiah Peace Presence Ramon Presson Scripture
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.21 Numbers 30 Psalms 74 Isaiah 22 2 Peter 3 “God is at peace in himself, and in his presence there is peace. The most repeated negative command in Scripture is ‘fear not.’ It appears 365 times — one for each day...
• Tortured
  on May 20, 2013 in Church History Accusations Adversaries Anabaptist Baptism Believer Benedictine Monk Brethren Chunks Cro Eternal God Fire And Sword Flock Gallows Martyr Monastery Persecutors Prelude Renown Ropes Tongs
  Tortured God’s grace arrives just as we need it, appropriate for every challenge. Even if we’re lonely? Even if we’re ill? Yes. Even if we’re tortured? Even then. Michael Sattler, born in Germany around 1490, became a Benedictine monk. As he...
• THOT 4 2 Day — 05.20.13
  on May 20, 2013 in THOT 4 2 Day Bible Cambell Courage Diaconate Isaiah Prayer Preachers Psalms 73
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.20 Numbers 29 Psalms 73 Isaiah 21 2 Peter 2 “Nothing is more needed among preachers today than that we should have the courage to shake ourselves free from the thousand and one trivialities in which we are asked to was...
• How Do You Say Amen?
  on May 20, 2013 in Humor Cartoon Radio Free Babylon Tip Of The Hat
              Click on the image if you are having trouble reading the cartoon. Tip of the hat to Radio Free Babylon <:))))><<...
• Sunday Quotes 05.19.13
  on May 19, 2013 in Sunday Quotes Affections Chuck Smith Experience Freedom Flesh And Blood Glory Of God God In History Google Inactivity Incarnation Isaiah John Piper Natural Result Obedience Oswald Chambers Paul David Tripp Place Of Peace Selfishness Steve Brown Supreme Goal Work Prayer
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.19 Numbers 28 Psalms 72 Isaiah 19-20 2 Peter 1 “God’s delays are not the delays of inactivity; they are the delays of preparation.” — Chuck Smith “Obedience, pure and simple, opens up a path...
• The Earthquake Synod
  on May 19, 2013 in Church History Archbishop Of Canterbury Bible Teacher British Politician Courtenay Divinity Friars John Foxe John Wycliffe Morning Star Oxford Professor Professor John Psalm 46 Religious Persons Selling Indulgences Special Committee St Dunstan Superstitions Synod Teacher John
  The Earthquake Synod “God is our … fortress,” says Psalm 46. “And so, we won’t be afraid! Let the earth tremble. … ” The trembling of the earth may even reassure God’s children of his power, as happened on this day, St. Dunstan’s Da...
• He Just Persisted
  on May 18, 2013 in Church History Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Boom Towns Eskimos Five Feet Food Clothing Golden Spike Gunfighters Hamlets Hidden Coasts Mohawk Valley Natural Food Open Skies Prairie Fire Princeton Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary Saloons Seven Churches Sheldon Jackson Teepee Union Pacific Railway Wagon Trains
  He Just Persisted We often rush when we should plod, forgetting that we usually accomplish more by persisting than by hurrying. Sheldon Jackson was born on May 18, 1834 in the Mohawk Valley of New York. When he was four his parents dedicated him to G...
• How about “Hallelujah!”
  on May 17, 2013 in Church History Barns Biographers Carriages Eighteenth Century Famous Preachers Greatest Joy Grief Grimshaw Hallelujah Haworth Inhabitant Knowing Christ Listeners Obscurity Parson Pastoring Quarries Sinner Todmorden Zeal
  How about “Hallelujah!” William Grimshaw was born in rural England in 1708, educated at Cambridge, and ordained to the ministry in 1731 without knowing Christ. Three years later while pastoring in Todmorden, he felt deep concern about his soul. H...
• THOT 4 2 Day — 05.17.13
  on May 17, 2013 in THOT 4 2 Day 1 Peter Convenience Isaiah Living God Notion Open Bible Tozer
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.17 Numbers 26 Psalms 69 Isaiah 16 1 Peter 4 “If you would follow on to know the Lord, come at once to the open Bible expecting it to speak to you. Do not come with the notion that it is a thing which you may push aroun...
• Swallowed Up
  on May 16, 2013 in Blog Asian Languages Cornwall England David Brainard Daybreak Excelled Final Goodbye Foreign Missions Friend To Friend Graduating With Honors Grenfell Henry Martyn Hindustani Missionary Service New Testament Proposing Marriage Sad Music Set Sail Thunderbolt Translation Work William Carey
  Swallowed Up Henry Martyn was born in Cornwall, England in 1781. His father was a well-to-do businessman, and Henry grew up amid comforts. He proved intelligent, excelled in school, and went on to Cambridge, graduating with honors in mathematics. The...
• THOT 4 2 Day — 05.16.13
  on May 16, 2013 in THOT 4 2 Day 1 Peter Atonement Bible Body And Soul Earth Fullness Of Time Hand Of God Heaven Isaiah J C Ryle Lt Presence Of God Right Hand Of God Sacrifice Veil
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.16 Numbers 25 Psalms 68 Isaiah 15 1 Peter 3 “Christ is now carrying on in heaven the work of a priest, which He began upon earth.He took our nature on Him in the fullness of time and became a man, that He might be perf...
• THOT 4 2 Day — 05.15.13
  on May 15, 2013 in THOT 4 2 Day 1 Peter Bible Broken Men Confidence Cross Of Christ God Harry Ironside Isaiah
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.15 Numbers 24 Psalms 66-67 Isaiah 14 1 Peter 2 “God is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of the...
• The Prodigal
  on May 15, 2013 in Church History American Tract Society Bible Boredom Caption Chopping Block Christian Literature Christian Wife Coming Home Conversion Evangelists Heavenly Father Nineteenth Century Parable Poughkeepsie New York Psalm 19 Relationship Story Of The Prodigal Son Vassar Wet Winter Woodpile
  The Prodigal “The Law of the LORD is perfect,” says Psalm 19:7. “It gives us new life”—and sometimes in unexpected ways. One of the most powerful personal evangelists of the nineteenth century was “Uncle” John Vassar, who grew up in his...
• A Light to the Gentiles
  on May 14, 2013 in Church History Cambridge Cattle Cease Dad Death And Resurrection Death And Resurrection Of Christ Everton Farmhouse Gentiles John Berridge Livestock Open Bible Parishioners Preaching Salvation Preaching The Gospel Resurrection Of Christ Ropes Sermons Solar System Vicar
  A Light to the Gentiles John Berridge expected to follow his father into livestock, but he could never learn the ropes. His frustrated dad finally said, “John, I find you cannot form any idea of the price of cattle, and I shall have to send you to...
• THOT 4 2 Day — 05.14.13
  on May 14, 2013 in THOT 4 2 Day 1 Peter Bible Christians Dietrich Bonhoeffer Earth Heaven Isaiah Lead Life Of Faith Lt Peace In The Midst Suffering Turmoil World Peace
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.14 Numbers 23 Psalms 64-65 Isaiah 13 1 Peter 1 “They (Christians) wander on earth and live in heaven, and although they are weak, they protect the world; they taste peace in the midst of turmoil; they are poor, and...
• The Boy Preacher
  on May 13, 2013 in Church History Ancaster Ontario Christians Churches Crowd Eternity Foreign Missions God Created The World Grief Hell Live Forever Meeting House New England Opposition Peace Preacher Sermon Sheer Exhaustion Slavery Sunset Unhappiness
  The Boy Preacher Fifteen-year-old David Marks, eyes blurred with tears, left home with a dollar in his pocket to preach the gospel. The “boy preacher” soon created a stir in the American northeast, and he kept going for the next 25 years. He rode...
• THOT 4 2 Day — 05.13.13
  on May 13, 2013 in THOT 4 2 Day Bible Christians Crumb Daily Bread Dietrich Bonhoeffer Earth Isaiah Lodging Place Private Sphere
  Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.13 Numbers 22 Psalms 62-63 Isaiah 11-12 James 5 “Until now the world had always granted them (Christians) a lodging-place by allowing them to work for their own food and clothing. But a world that has become one hu...
• God Works Through Our Obedience
  on May 13, 2013 in Devotional Florence Nightingale God Led Obedience Strange
  “Do whatever He tells you”. (John 2:5) If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And i...
• Links For Pastors 05.13.13
  on May 13, 2013 in Pastor Links Churches Cms Confessions Google Google Lt Leadership Money Paradigms Pastors Perspectives Wordpress Worship Books
  Links For Pastors 05.13.13 Here are some great links for pastors: 7 Leadership Paradigms Needed for Church Growth 7 Confessions of a “Sucky” Pastor If Numbers Are Not Important, Then Why Are They So Important? (A Poignant Guest Post) What’s Bes...

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