Prayer

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Be Still

If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s learning or relearning how to slow down.

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Man praying with hands folded.

Origins of the Nicene Creed Explained

How did the Nicene Creed come about?  In AD 325, 12 years after Christianity had become a “tolerated religion” in the Roman Empire, Emperor Constantine convoked and presided over the First Council of Nicaea (modern-day Izmir, Turkey). The council addressed ...
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‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers’

Time and again, Jesus challenged the use of violence to resolve issues.
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Made in God’s Spirit

If we are made in God’s spirit, then our first “church” were the bodies given to us.
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man walking in the desert, looking into the distance.

Go and Find God in the Desert

It wasn’t until God’s people utilized the lesson from the desert that they made Jericho’s walls fall to the ground and began the storming of the Promised Land.
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Christ Lives Within

Let yourself pray without asking God for “something that I want.”
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Every Breath Can Be a Prayer

The apostle Paul advises, “Pray without ceasing.” I suspect the apostle is speaking about a prayerful attitude rather than a constant succession of words.
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