Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of… Read more »
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Pray like the apostles prayed
I am constantly challenged to pray ‘better.’ So I have started to use these prayers recorded in Paul’s letters: ‘I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and… Read more »
For the Term of His Natural Life
‘The utter incapacity of the chaplain to understand his wants was so sublime that it was nearly ridiculous enough to make him laugh. He turned his eyes downward to the texts. Good Meekin, in the fulness of his stupidity, had selected the fiercest denunciations of bard and priest. The most notable of the Psalmist’s curses… Read more »