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Verse of the Day: 'the flesh is weak'
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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Verse of the Day: 'the flesh is weak'
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 Prophets
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, [...]
Verse of the Day: 'he is Lord of all'
Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all."
- Acts 10:34-36
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Verse of the Day: 'we bring good news'
"Friends, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to follow their own ways; yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good--giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filling you with food and your hearts with joy."
- Acts [...]
Voice of the Day: Pascal On Religion
People never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
- Blaise Pascal
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Verse of the Day: Redeemed by Justice
Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
- Isaiah 1:27
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Voice of the Day: 'beautiful fields of the righteous'
No sorrowful tears, no beating of the breast
For a safe repose has taken me. I dance
Ring dances with the blessed saints
In the beautiful fields of the righteous.
Ancient Christian tomb inscription
Audio: Jim Wallis on 'Speaking of Faith' with Krista Tippett
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Here's some of Krista Tippet's introduction to her interview with Jim:
I've resisted interviewing Wallis as he's risen to a new kind of fame, in part because he has had so much exposure in major media - from Hardball to [...]
Verse of the Day: On Violence
Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword."
- Matthew 26:52-52
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Voice of the Day: C.S. Lewis On Love
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intake, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries,; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket-safe, dark, motionless, airless-it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, [...]
Verse of the Day: 'your hands are full of blood'
When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.
- Isaiah 1:15
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Voice of the Day: Living In a World With Suffering
Living as we do in a world that suffers so much, two opposing possibilities can easily tempt us: either to turn our backs and live oblivious to the pain or to allow the pain to overwhelm us and despair to take up residence in our hearts. The truly faithful option is to face the pain and live joyfully in the midst of it. Those who suffer most remind us of how tragic and arrogant it would be for us to lose hope on behalf of people who have not lost theirs. They are teachers of joy.
- [...]
Voice of the Day: To Be With God
To be with God is really to be involved with some enormous, overwhelming desire, and joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you. God is a means of liberation and not a means to control others.
- James Baldwin
Nobody Knows My Name
Verse of the Day: On Money
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money! You have no part or share in this, for your heart is not right before God. Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 8: 20-22
Voice of the Day: On Power
We cannot separate ourselves from the use of power-either as individuals or as a society or as a church. It is a fact of life. Power is the ability to achieve purpose-the capability for action. Power is a gift from God. God does not intend a world where powerful suppress and oppress the powerless. Power is not meant to be the possession of a few while the majority are impoverished. Power, given by God, is meant to be shared by all. All creation is intended to participate and benefit from the [...]
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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Voice of the Day: 'What God holds together'
It is a blessed thing to know that no power on earth, no temptation, no human frailty can dissolve what God holds together.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Letters and Papers from Prison
Verse of the Day: 'We wait for justice'
We grope like the blind along a wall, groping like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among the vigorous as though we were dead. We all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. For our transgressions before you are many, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions indeed are with us, and we know our iniquities: transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning away from [...]
Verse of the Day: The Kingdom of Heaven
He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."
- Matthew 13:31-32