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Anyone who’s ever studied western civilization can recall the long and complicated movement of Christianity from a small sect in Palestine to the largest of the world’s religions,

There are some serious misconceptions in the church of what “praying in Jesus’ name” means, and they can lead to some magical views of what prayer actually is.

'Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.' –Psalm 34 We never seem to lose our fascination with the story of the sinking of the Titanic. Since boyhood, I’ve

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last

This is an excerpt of Do You Believe This? A Prayer Journey for the 8 Days of Holy Week by John I. Snyder. You can download the entire

“For nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:37 If ever there was something to rejoice about in the face of the most dismal and disillusioning things that can happen to

All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations— Isaiah 65:2 If God weren’t patient to a fault none

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. Psalm 115:3 Can God do whatever he wants whenever he wants? Is God really sovereign? In other words, is God

And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you