Category Archives: faith
Today I Believe
Lord, You have always given bread for the coming day; and though I am poor, today I believe. Lord, You have always given strength for the coming days; and though I am weak, today I believe. Lord, You have always given peace for the coming day; and though of anxious heart, today I believe. Lord, [...]
A Hidden Life with God
"If we don’t have a hidden life with God, our public life for God cannot bear fruit." – Henri Nouwen Technorati Tags: Henri Nouwen quotes,hidden life with God
Christian Faith
“We…forget that Christian faith is a principle of questioning and struggle before it becomes a principle of certitude and peace.” – Merton Technorati Tags: Thomas Merton quotes,Christian faith
Today In History – August 3rd
Image via Wikipedia 1739 – English preacher George Whitefield wrote in a letter on this date: ‘I am no friend to sinless perfection. I believe the existence (though not the dominion) of sin remains in the hearts of the greatest believers.’ 1858 – Presbyterian pastor Maltbie D. Babcock was born today. He is best known [...]
A Morning Prayer
“We give thanks to you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have protected us through the night from all danger and harm. We ask you to preserve and keep us, this day also, from all sin and evil, that in all our thoughts, words, and deeds we may serve and please [...]
Our Father in Heaven
Our Father in heaven, holy is your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, [...]
Five Things I Don’t Ever Want to Forget
One of my favorite new websites is Soul Pancake. Most every day you will find something there to provoke reflection and discussion. Yesterday one of the posts asked the site’s readers to list five things they don’t ever want to forget. Here are my answers. 1. As Jimmy Davis, former Louisiana governor and gospel singer, [...]
The Mind of Christ
Have the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, Who, being in nature (the form of) God, did not consider equality with God as something to be held fast (exploited, grasped) but emptied himself, taking on the nature (form) of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human [...]
“Pastor” Drake Prays for the President’s Death
The “Rev.” (and I use that term sarcastically) Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, California, has asked his church’s members to pray for President Obama’s death. When discussing this with Alan Colmes, here is what he said (click on video below): A transcript of the above, as well as a [...]
July 11th – Some Interesting Facts about Today in History
1533 – Pope Clement VII excommunicated England’s King Henry VIII. 1739 – The English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in his journal: “I look upon all the world as my parish.” 1767 – John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. Adams once said, “So great is [...]
