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Why I love Elizabeth Goudge

“It’s not just a question of love. It’s a question of life. There is a certain kind of love that is not only an incident in life but life itself, because it links you up with every kind of life that endures. In loving Ian, I don’t love only a man, I love the work [...]

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Worship Through Praise

In genuine spiritual worship (Rom 12:1), we bow before the Most High God, the most merciful and reliable and winsome of all beings, and we crown Him as Lord of all that we are. We consent to His gracious, transforming work in our lives; we agree that He can work in us so that we’ll [...]

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How a Soul Grows Through Loss

All people suffer loss. Being alive means suffering loss. Sometimes the loss is natural, predictable, and even reversible. It occurs at regular intervals, like the seasons. We experience the loss, but after days or months of discomfort we recover and resume life as usual, the life that we wanted and expected…But there is another kind [...]

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Fascinating

Ravi Zacharias writes:
From the beginning God positioned this relationship of man and woman in a unique context. Having created Adam, God said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone’ (Genesis 2:18), so He created a partner for him. Man’s aloneness was an impediment to his complete fulfillment.
I find that to be thought [...]

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Influence of Femininity

The influence of applied femininity is, by any measure, incredibly determinative. In every culture, in every age, the power is awesome. And dangerous. As with any significant reservoir of power it may be used for good or ill. Its impact may be constructive or destructive. Like a mighty river, it is a force that may [...]

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