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Category Archives: pain
Today’s devotion: Life Haters – Ecclesiastes 2:17
Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The horrendous mass-murders that took place last week in Norway shocked … Continue reading →
Posted in Bible, Bible messages, breaking news, Christ's Kingdom, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, current events, daily devotions, daily news, devotions, evil, faith in the Church, free daily devotions, free devotions, God, going to Hell, Gospel, grief, healing, Hell, in the news, injustice, intolerance, pain, short devotions, the problem of evil, the problem of pain
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Tagged breaking news, Breivik, current devotions, daily devotions, devotions, Faith and violence, faith in the world, Norway, Norway bombing, Norway killings, Utoeya
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Helping Haiti: Good News
Mark 1:15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” We talk a lot in church about the good news, but do we actually take it to others? I’m … Continue reading →
Posted in Bible, Bible promises, Bible study, breaking news, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, current events, daily devotions, daily prayers, devotions, East Tennessee, encouragement, faith, faith in the Church, free daily devotions, free devotions, God, Gospel, Gospel message, grief, Guidance, healing, health, health issues, History, Holy Spirit, in the news, international politics, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Knoxville, missions, pain, PC(USA), prayers, Presbyterian, Presbyterian beliefs, Presbyterian devotions, Psalms, Religion, religious beliefs, religious issues, religious news, sacrifice, short devotions, spirituality, spreading the Gospel, stewardship, the problem of evil, the problem of pain, Theology, US Forces, Verse of the Day, Veterans
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Tagged daily devotions, emergency help for Haiti, giving online for Haiti, Haiti devotions, helping Haiti, helping the people of Haiti, mission devotions, online donations for Haiti
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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Return to Love
Hosea 14:4 I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. The prophet Hosea lived a tragic life. He fell in love and married a woman called Gomer. She was a prostitute … Continue reading →
Posted in apologetics, Bible, Bible promises, Bible readings, Bible studies, Bible study, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian apologetics, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, Christianity, church growth, church meeting devotions, daily devotions, daily prayers, devotions, encouragement, faith, faith in the Church, free Bible studies, free daily devotions, free small group devotions, free small group studies, free will, God, Gospel, Gospel message, Gospel values, grief, healing, History, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, mini sermon, pain, PC(USA), prayers, Presbyterian, Presbyterian beliefs, Presbyterian devotions, prophecy, prophets, Religion, religious beliefs, religious issues, sacrifice, salvation, sex, short devotions, spirituality, spreading the Gospel, teacher devotions, the problem of pain, Theology, Verse of the Day
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Tagged conversion devotions, daily devotions, finding God, forgiveness devotions, Gospel devotions, marriage devotions, returning to God, salvation devotions, saved by Jesus, turning to Christ
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Daily Devotions: Light of Liberty
Matthew 5: 14 “You are the world’s light. You cannot hide a city on a hill. The days following the 9/11 tragedy were amongst the weirdest that many of us ever experienced. To begin with, there were no planes in … Continue reading →
Posted in America, Bible, Bible messages, Bible promises, Bible study, breaking news, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, Christianity, church meeting devotions, current events, daily devotions, daily news, daily prayers, democracy, devotions, encouragement, evil, faith, faith in the Church, free Bible studies, free daily devotions, free devotions, free small group devotions, free small group studies, free speech, free will, freedom, God, Gospel, Gospel message, Gospel values, grief, Guidance, healing, History, Holy Spirit, in the news, injustice, international politics, intolerance, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, liberty, memorial Day, Middle East peace, mini sermon, office devotions, pain, patriotism, PC(USA), political issues, political news, politics, prayers, Presbyterian, Presbyterian beliefs, Presbyterian devotions, Religion, religious art, religious beliefs, religious issues, religious news, short devotions, spirituality, the problem of evil, the problem of pain, Theology, US Forces, Verse of the Day, Veterans
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Tagged 9/11 devotions, daily devotions, devotions on freedom, God and suffering, healing devotions, liberty devotions, national devotions, patriotic devotions, prayers for 9/11, where is God when it hurts
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4 Minute Daily Devotions: The Wrong Path
Psalm 119:104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. There’s a controversy brewing over an ad that the World Wild Life Fund had commissioned in Brazil. The ad depicts over one hundred airplanes heading directly … Continue reading →
Posted in America, apologetics, Bible, Bible study, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian apologetics, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, daily devotions, daily news, daily prayers, evil, faith, free daily devotions, God, Gospel, grief, History, Holy Spirit, in the news, injustice, intolerance, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, pain, prayers, Presbyterian, Presbyterian devotions, Progressives
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Tagged 4 minute devotions, 9/11 devotions, come to Jesus, conversion devotions, daily devotions, foolish choices, mistaken ideas, panda logo, short devotions, turning things around, world wildlife ad
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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Resident Evil
Our community in Knoxville is grieving and angry this morning. A while ago, a young couple – Chris Newsom and Channon Christian – were car-jacked, kidnapped, raped, tortured, horrendously mutilated, and savagely murdered by a gang of people over several … Continue reading →
Posted in America, Bible, Bible messages, Bible promises, Bible readings, Bible studies, Bible study, Bible verses, breaking news, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, Christianity, Church conflict, current events, daily devotions, daily news, daily prayers, Devil, devotions, East Tennessee, evil, faith, free daily devotions, free devotions, free will, God, going to Hell, Gospel, Gospel message, grief, Hell, in the news, injustice, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Knoxville, pain, prayers, Presbyterian, Presbyterian devotions, Religion, religious beliefs, religious issues, the problem of evil, the problem of pain, Theology
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Tagged Channon Christian, Chris Newsom, daily devotions, forgiveness devotions, forgiving others, God and evil, Hate crimes, Knoxville killings, Resident Evil, Romans 14, why is evil allowed
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Compassion for a Killer
Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. There’s been a lot of outrage expressed on both sides of the Atlantic about the Scottish Secretary of Justice’s decision to … Continue reading →
Posted in America, Bible, Bible promises, Bible study, breaking news, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas stories, Church conflict, current events, daily devotions, daily news, daily prayers, defending the faith, devotions, evil, faith, faith in the Church, free Bible studies, free daily devotions, free devotions, free small group devotions, free small group studies, free will, God, Gospel, Gospel message, Gospel values, grief, healing, History, Holy Spirit, in the news, injustice, international politics, intolerance, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, pain, PC(USA), political issues, political news, politicians, politics, prayers, Presbyterian, Presbyterian beliefs, Presbyterian devotions, Religion, religious beliefs, religious issues, Remembrance, Scotland, Scottish History, teacher devotions, the problem of evil, the problem of pain, Theology, Verse of the Day
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Tagged 4 minute devotions, Christian compassion, compassion, daily devotions, devotions on evil, injustice, Libyan bomber, Lockerbie bombing, Lord McCluskey, Pan Am 103, peacemaking devotions
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Daily Devotions: End Stoning!
Jeremiah 9: 20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament. It was both brutal and harrowing. I wept … Continue reading →
Posted in Ahmadinejad, at the movies, Bible, Bible messages, Bible verses, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian blogs, Christianity, Church and State, daily devotions, defending the faith, devotions, dictators, evil, faith, free devotions, free speech, free will, freedom, God, Gospel, Gospel message, Gospel values, Hell, History, international politics, Iran, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, liberty, movie devotions, movie reviews, movies, pain, persecution, political issues, Presbyterian, prophets, Religion, religious issues, spirituality, the problem of evil, the problem of pain, Theology
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Tagged end stoning, Gospel stoning, islamic stoning, stoing in iran, stoning, stoning of Soraya M, worldwide stonings
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Movie Devotions: The Stoning of Soraya M
Today’s devotion may be alarming to some. Please do not read if you are squeamish. Isaiah 53: 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and … Continue reading →
Posted in at the movies, Bible, Bible messages, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian apologetics, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, Christianity, Church and State, current events, daily devotions, daily prayers, devotions, freedom, God, Hell, heresy, History, in the news, injustice, international politics, intolerance, Iran, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, liberty, pain, persecution, politics, prayers, religious beliefs, religious issues, the problem of evil, the problem of pain, Theology
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Daily Devotions: Divine Doodles
Isaiah 40:18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare Him to? If you had seen my math notebook when I was in High School, you would have found penciled images of two things in between … Continue reading →
Posted in art, Bible, Bible messages, Christ, Christ's Kingdom, Christian blogs, Christian devotions, daily devotions, daily prayers, devotions, Easter, faith, God, Gospel, healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, pain, PC(USA), prayers, Presbyterian beliefs, Presbyterian devotions, prophets, Religion, religious art, salvation, spirituality, spreading the Gospel, the problem of evil, the problem of pain, Theology, Verse of the Day
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Tagged art devotions, Christian art devotions, Christian artists, contemporary Christian art, contemporary Christian artists, daily devotions, religious art devotions, Stushie art
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