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William Powell Tuck: There Are Many Lessons from Failure

by Dr. William P. Tuck, author of The Church Under the Cross, The Journey to the Undiscovered Country, Overcoming Sermon Block: The Preacher’s Workshop, The Last Words from the Cross, Holidays, Holy Days and Special Days: Preaching Through the Year and more! His blogsite is: friarsfragment.com Many people in life have experienced failure. Moses wanted to go into the Promised…

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Tabitha Edwards-Walton: Letter from Heaven, "I love you, Mom!"

by Tabitha Edwards-Walton, author of Poetic Life Experiences and Poetic Diversities Note: This is a new poem from Tabitha, not found in her two previous books.   Mom, I hope by now you understand, That it’s Okay, I am in the Promised Land. He told me that one day I would Fly Away. My father said, “I am…

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Liz Brown: Am I Not Enough? Pandora's box flung open

This month, Energion Publications’ author, Dr. Harvey R. Brown, Jr., shares, with her permission, his daughter Liz’s post from her blog, The Single Side. Dr. Brown’s contribution to Energion Publications’ Topical Line Drives Series is a book entitled Forgiveness: Finding Freedom from Your Past. From Dr. Brown: Liz Brown used to be “Bitsy,” but she fired…

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Herold Weiss: Paul Did Not Teach Righteousness by Faith

by Dr. Herold Weiss, author of Meditations on the Letters of Paul Martin Luther’s argument against the selling of indulgences to shorten one’s stay in purgatory before reaching heaven was a courageous and necessary attack on a grievous abuse of ecclesiastical authority. The ninety five theses he nailed to the door of the church at the university…

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Bruce Epperly: The Book of Ruth, Gleaning, and the Social Safety Net

by Dr. Bruce Epperly Leviticus 19:9-10 proclaims: When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and…

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Thomas Hudgins: Satan, Judas, and the Events Leading Up to the Cross

by Dr. Thomas Hudgins, translator of Aprenda a Leer el Griego del Nuevo Testamento How did Jesus go from walking around Galilee, teaching the multitudes, healing the sick, and dining in people’s homes to having his body marred more than any other human in history and eventually giving his life for the sins of the world…

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David Moffett-Moore: Book Review of "The Making of an Ordinary Saint" by Nathan Foster

Book Review by Dr. David Moffett-Moore The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines. Nathan Foster. Baker Books. Grand Rapids. 2014. Nathan Foster is the adult son of Richard Foster, author of the classic Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. This book is his reflection…