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BELIEF

As Christians we really are up against a hostile world and we need to be tough. We need to have thick skins. But sometimes we spend so much time in developing those skins that out heart too becomes hard. Or perhaps we leave the gentleness to those who are naturally so, and the toughness to those who aren’t gentle naturally. We just stay in our natural personality grooves rather than developing those qualities that our faith requires of all of us... more

 It was very easy to get what amounted to a 'free ride' on my parents' coattails. But once again I realized that much had been given to me in terms of a spiritual heritage and that God was going to expect fruit worthy of that. So in High School I started speaking out for my faith, and we have gone on from there... more

Is being a Christian just a list of dos and don'ts? Make your own list of what you think a Christian should or should not do... more

John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slavers in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the Faith he had long labored to destroy... more

When we think of Easter hymns, we think of ones whose whole subject is about the cross and resurrection:  "Low in the grave he lay,"  "Christ the Lord is Risen Today," "Old Rugged Cross," and such.  These are great hymns for Resurrection Sunday.  But many hymns, even Christmas hymns, have the resurrection in them, probably because without the resurrection we have no faith.... more