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The Power of Prayer
“And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart” (Luke 18:1). We are often timid in prayer. We don’t want to bother God, and perhaps we think that we can be a nuisance. However, the parable Jesus tells us gives us a picture of God’s…
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A Crisis of Faith
“For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16). It would have been easy for Ruth to return to Moab where she grew up. Ruth’s husband had died, and her father-in-law had also died. There was no…
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Faith in the Midst of Violence
In a world with natural disasters, mass shootings, and other tragedies, where is God? It would appear Habakkuk wondered the same thing. In a world where there was violence and destruction, it felt as though the Lord was not listening or caring. Nonetheless, the Lord speaks to Habakkuk and tells him to wait for the…