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Portraying the World of the New Testament through Historical Fiction
I received The Lost Letters of Pergamum by Bruce W. Longnecker as a Christmas present. I was eager to start reading it and finished it in a day. Longnecker is currently Professor of Religion at Baylor University. His work of … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, historical fiction, New Testament, Roman culture, Rome
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Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations
American presidents have a history of making Thanksgiving proclamations and addressing the American people on Thanksgiving Day. Below are snippets from several different presidential proclamations. George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation 1789: Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th … Continue reading
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Tagged holiday, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving proclamations, US presidents
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The History of Thanksgiving
The federal holiday we know today as Thanksgiving was established by Congress in 1941, but American thanksgiving celebrations date all the way back to the time of the Pilgrims. This post at a Library of Congress blog has a helpful … Continue reading
Effectual Call
You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness. You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness. You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath and now pant after you. I tasted you, and I … Continue reading
Recommended Biography – To the Golden Shore
I picked up To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson in June and devoured it over the course of a week. Judson was a 19th century American missionary to Burma and his story is amazing and heartbreaking at … Continue reading
The Happy Life
There is a delight which is given not to the wicked, but to those who worship you for no reward save the joy that you yourself are to them. That is the authentic happy life, to set one’s joy on … Continue reading
The Surpassing Worth of Knowing Christ
Augustine reflecting on his conversion from a life of pride and sexual immorality to faith in Christ: Suddenly it had become sweet to me to be without the sweets of folly. What I once feared to lose was now a … Continue reading
Style vs. Substance
Fine style does not make something true, nor has a man a wise soul because he has a handsome face and well-chosen eloquence. Augustine, Confessions (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 78.
All in Christ
Martyn Lloyd-Jones commenting on Philippians 3:3: There is nothing that the soul of man can need in time or eternity but that it is all in Christ. You need pardon? There it is. You need reconciliation to God? The man … Continue reading
