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What Do Evangelicals Want? (Jim Wallis)
On Wednesday, Sojourners and Beliefnet, in collaboration with the National Association of Evangelicals Christian Student Leadership Conference, hosted a panel discussion on "Choosing a president: What do evangelicals really want?" I joined Steve Waldman and David Kuo of Beliefnet, Rich Cizik of the NAE, Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church and the High Impact Leadership Coalition, Lynne Hybels of the Willow Creek Community [...]
Verse of the Day: 'the last will be first'
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
- Matthew 19:30
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Verse of the Day: 'the last will be first'
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
- Matthew 19:30
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Voice of the Day: The Ultimate Challenge of Jesus
The ultimate challenge of Jesus' ministry was to go to the city, the city of Jerusalem. This city, which was the center of education, religion, and politics, was also the place where corruption and crimes abounded. Yet, Jesus went there anyway. Following Jesus to the city was a risky business. Many would-be followers dropped out when they saw this ultimate danger. What will it require of us to move to the city? I ask this question whenever I find myself wanting to settle down in the comfort of [...]
Voice of the Day: The Eternal Sabbath Year
Ours it is, therefore, to put in all our effort, talent, toil, and energy, in becoming true friends of the supreme Owner and eventual possessors of the heavenly kingdom, where we may enjoy an eternal Sabbath year, and forever celebrate our Redeemer's jubilee.
--Johannes H. Mai
Verse of the Day: 'The Lord God Helps me'
The Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who are my adversaries?
Let them confront me.
It is the Lord God who helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
- Isaiah 50:7-9
Verse of the Day: 'The Lord God Helps me'
The Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who are my adversaries?
Let them confront me.
It is the Lord God who helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
- Isaiah 50:7-9
Verse of the Day: 'he expected justice'
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
he expected justice,
but saw bloodshed;
righteousness,
but heard a cry!
Isaiah 5: 7
Voice of the Day: Wuellner on Prayer
Most of our problems with prayer arise from our tendency to turn spiritual growing into a set of laws or a gymnastic exercise. I have seen great inner struggle, fatigue, and guilt result when we treat prayer like a discipline.... It is best to have some form of deliberate opening to God each day, but we need not be troubled if the form and expression change.
Flora Slosson Wuellner
Prayer, Stress, and Our Inner Wounds
Verse of the Day: 'we cannot keep from speaking'
So they called them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge; for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard."
Acts 4: 18-20
Voice of the Day: Kierkegaard on Prayer
A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized that prayer is listening.
Søren Kierkegaard
Christian Discourses
Verse of the Day: Righteousness
Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
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Voice of the Day: Listening in Prayer
Listening is the first expression of communication in prayer. We know that listening precedes speaking in the development of children's language skills. The same order applies to the development of our prayer life. Something in our spirit is touched by the Divine Spirit before we are drawn to speak.
- Marjorie J. Thompson
Soul Feast
Voice of the Day: 'turn and be healed'
We still need prophets to summon us back to the spiritual roots of wholeness and peace. We still need broadcasters of God's word and magnifiers of God's truth, so that we will understand and turn and be healed.
- Kenneth L. Waters, Sr.
I Saw the Lord
Verse of the Day: 'stay awake and pray'
Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- Matthew 26:41
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Voice of the Day: On the Love of Jesus
Jesus reassures us that every effort to love ourselves and others more faithfully, however imperfectly we are able to do this, is a response to God's call to love as he loved. It is a response to the two greatest commandments as they stand in relationship to one another.
- Paula Ripple
Called to Be Friends
Verse of the Day: Taking Up Your Cross
and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
- Matthew 10:38-39
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Voice of the Day: 'Loneliness will be filled '
The word of the Lord to all of us in any form of exile is, "You shall be called Sought Out." Those who believe they are far from the life they envisioned may hear the news that someone is looking for them. Lostness is not our permanent state. Loneliness will be filled with the arrival of the One who seeks us.
Gerrit Scott Dawson
Called by a New Name
Verse of the Day: 'neither shall they learn war any more'
Many peoples shall come and say,
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob;
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,
and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war [...]
Verse of the Day: 'Do not be afraid'
One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my people."
Acts 18:9-10
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