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Thinking Aloud About Scorsese’s ‘Silence’

21/01/2017 0 Comment

How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

— Psalm 137:4

Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.

— Hugh Latimer, to his friend Nicholas Ridley, before they both were to be burned alive

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A few Christmases ago, Christians were elated at the prospective release of Unbroken, the 2014 adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s award-winning book. The film, directed by Angelina Jolie, dramatized t..

Basis for Hope

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He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.
Proverbs 16:20, NKJVWhen God had told Noah He was “going to bring the floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens,” He had also said He would establish a covenant with Noah and his family to keep them alive along with all the animals who would come to him (Gen. 6:17-18, 20). Noah had God’s promise that God would bring him through the Flood to new life on the other side.

Have you been in ..

Daily Prayer for January 21

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In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. Psalm 18:6, RSV Dear Father in heaven, we rejoice that you are our Father. We rejoice that you rule and guide each of us so that our path in life leads to what is good and genuine and we do not get stuck in this or that concern. Lead us, renew us, and again and again free us to go forward, finding new courage and joy for ourselves and for our fellowmen. Then w..

God and traffic lights

20/01/2017 0 Comment

As many motorists would tell you, driving at any time can be extremely challenging.

There are speed limits and stop signs to consider and obey, as well as construction and rush-hour traffic that can wreak havoc on road conditions and arrival times.

There is the stress brought on by weather for drivers and passengers alike, whether it is early-morning fog, bright afternoon sunshine, late-night heavy rain, or any..

When God’s Sovereignty and Your Bad Day Meet

19/01/2017 0 Comment

I’m a planner. I have a running to-do list on my phone categorized by days. I rarely start a day without a set plan. Spontaneity isn’t in my blood. In fact, it kind of freaks me out.

A few weeks ago what started as a bad fever for one of my kids quickly became a family affair. Within 48 hours our entire clan was sick with not one, but two illnesses. Our pediatrician called it a secondary virus. I called it absolute insanity.

While I emerged unscathed by the two illnesses, my to-do list lay dor..

The Secret to Digital Health

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My social media feeds often feel like an extension of me.

Unlike the television screen, which projects things that are apart from me, my Facebook feed projects something from me.

“Being online isn’t just something we do,” writes New York Times columnist David Brooks. “It has become who we are, transforming the very nature of the self.”

If Brooks is right, and the self is so pliable, we should ask, “How does social media reshape the Christian self?”

Heightening Our Insecurities

The qu..

The New Corded Phone

19/01/2017 0 Comment

My social media feeds often feel like an extension of me.

Unlike the television screen, which projects things that are apart from me, my Facebook feed projects something from me.

“Being online isn’t just something we do,” writes New York Times columnist David Brooks. “It has become who we are, transforming the very nature of the self.”

If Brooks is right, and the self is so pliable, we should ask, “How does social media reshape the Christian self?”

Heightening Our Insecurities

The qu..

One Foot in Ministry, the Other in Medicine

18/01/2017 0 Comment

Lina Abujamra is a pediatric emergency room (ER) doctor, founder of Living with Power Ministries, and host of the Living with Power podcast and Today’s Single Christian radio show. She is also the author of three books: Thrive, Stripped, and Resolved. Although Lina was born in Beirut, Lebanon, she now calls Chicago her home.

What do you do every day?

I’m a doctor, and I work in ministry. My specialty is pediatric emergency medicine, and I work both in a pediatric ER and as a telemedicine healt..

Will People Die During Christ’s Millennial Reign?

16/01/2017 0 Comment

Editors’ note: This series analyzes perplexing passages of the Bible. Previously:

Dan Doriani on Matthew 24:15–16
Miles Van Pelt on Judges 11:29–40
Mark Gignilliant on Exodus 4:24–26
William Ross on Psalm 19:7
Jimmy Agan on Matthew 15:26
Dennis Johnson on Revelation 21:1
Greg Beale on Revelation 13:8
Miles Van Pelt on Judges 16:1–3
Jack Collins on Psalm 2:7
Stephen Dempster on 1 Samuel 28
Tremper Longman on Ecclesiastes
Ardel Caneday on Hebrews 6:4–8
George H. Guthrie on Hebrews 13..

Times of Stress, Times of Opportunity

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Thomas Friedman is a well-traveled and widely read columnist for The New York Times and author of six bestselling books, including The World Is Flat.Like that volume, the meaning of the title of his latest one, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, is hardly self-evident, only being hinted at in the subtitle.

The central thesis of this book is that the three “megatrends” driving global events—technology, globalization, and climate change—are bot..