In my last post, Choosing to Stand for Justice (Part 1), I talked about the need for people to take a stand for godly biblical principles. Holiness and righteousness is one of those principles - God calls us to be holy because he is holy. When we stand in the Word of God, we should …
Continue reading Choosing to Stand for Righteousness (Part 2)
On the way home tonight, I tuned into MPR's Marketplace report. As I listened I heard a wonderful story about Brazil's success in feeding its population. In 2003, the leftist union leader Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva was elected president and made food a basic human right for his people. Zero Hunger was a program …
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"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything." Although I am sure that we are all familiar with this quote and the principles that it teaches, it necessitates repeating. All too often we find ourselves standing for things that are not godly and not even good things, probably because someone told us …
Today I listened to this Palm Sunday message from Willow Creek Community Church. I am telling you, my spirit was completely blessed as speaker Shane Farmer talked about asking God what you need from Him in prayer. He did not name any qualifiers, such as 'make sure you do this and this before you pray' …
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