Of Virtue & Vice
27/11/2017
The world as it stands is at apocalyptic odds with the God of the Cross.
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Soul Scaffold ~ True Refuge
23/11/2017
A man may live in a mansion while his soul is flattened in a monsoon. Refuge and shelter are synonyms for the peace-seeker.
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Prayer's Hardest Challenge
22/11/2017
Is not the greatest witness against prayer a continued and persistent heavenly silence? Charles Spurgeon understood full well those times when God tarries at our pleas for mercy: In the days of...
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1 'Root of Evil' Bible Misquote
21/11/2017
Playwright, author and political commentator George Bernard Shaw causes me to wonder, did he 'tongue-in-cheek' rewrite Scripture in the following quote? Lack of money is the root of all evil.
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2 Bible Verses OFTEN used in ERROR
20/11/2017
The Bible is present but consulted lightly, and so recalled too loosely. Frequently we remember the portion but not the lot.
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Hit by Grace!
19/11/2017
A tattered urchin grins through broken teeth to a well-dressed gent. Grubby hands wishfully hold an outstretched hat. Almost unintelligible words add color to this scene.
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A Soul Scaffold from the Desert ~ Depressed?
16/11/2017
Abba Euprepius (a fourth century A. D. desert monk) taught: knowing that God is mighty and faithful, have faith in Him and you shall share what is His.
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The Mother of all Passions#
14/11/2017
A disciple once approached Abba Agathon in his 'cell' (a hut or a cave where the desert monks lived) and inquired - I want to live with other brothers, tell me how...
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The Priest & the Prostitute#
13/11/2017
Sometime during the fourth century a desert father named Abba Ephrem trod an ancient road, a prostitute engaged him in conversation.
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A Parable of an Old Man#
11/11/2017
An old man was sitting in his 'cell' (a hut or a cave where the desert monks lived) and a voice came to him which invited: come and I will show...