17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches far away. 18Your mind will muse on the terror: "Where is the one who counted? Where is the one who weighed the tribute? Where is the one who counted the towers?" 19No longer will
Subscribe Now When God Seems Silent Sermon Notes | Episode 12 This episode features Matt Pearson, Campus and Teaching Pastor at The Church at West Franklin. Matt talks through his recent sermon out of Habakkuk; about why it’s hard to live by faith and why people accuse God of
Understanding the Differences between Mission, Vision, Strategy, and Tactics “As we anticipate releasing our new evangelism and outreach ministry in 2023 called The Hope Initiative, we have used these definitions to help churches reach beyond their walls.” Capitalize on Thanksgiving, the Hidden Christian HolidayThanksgiving can be a hidden Christian holiday
Would religious thinkers in times before the Scientific Revolution ever have considered accepting the word of scientists over a plain reading of the Bible? Yes, they would have. And, in fact, they did. St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Calvin all took the words of astronomers over a plain
Near the beginning of Lent each year, it is not uncommon for parishes to print in their bulletins the required penances for the season. Catholics are required to fast and abstain during Lent. By fasting, we mean that we are allowed up to one full meal, and two smaller meals
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By Steve Beard — Richard Griffin, a former member of the royal security detail to Queen Elizabeth II, tells a delightful story about walking with the monarch near her beloved Balmoral Castle in Scotland and meeting two American tourists. “It was clear from the moment we first stopped that they
23Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven