Imagine the church without Amazing Grace or How Great Thou Art. Hymns were the backbone of the church’s worship for hundreds of years! Granted, hymns are losing their popularity with …
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The Misplaced Hymn
Joy to the World is the most-recognized and most-published Christmas hymn in America. Since its writing in 1719, Isaac Watts’ tune has become a holiday necessity at sacred – and …
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The opposite of Christianity isn’t atheism. It’s idolatry.
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His name was Justin and he lived a century after Jesus. He experienced a powerful conversion and then spent his life arguing for Christianity’s legitimacy. In 165 A.D., he was …
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The Pitcher Who Praised
In Game 5 of the 1988 World Series, the Oakland Athletics hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oakland County Coliseum in front of 50,000 fans (and millions more via television). …
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The First Christians Were Atheists???
How important is a reputation? Some people don’t care about theirs at all; others have died to protect it. Sometimes reputations are precise and sometimes they’re horribly inaccurate. Perhaps the …
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The First Christians Were Incestuous Cannibals???
A great argument can be made that all morality and goodness comes from the heart of God. By extension then, God’s people should be the most moral humans on the …
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