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Lord, whatsoever this day may bring, Thy name be praised. Be gracious unto me and help me. Grant me strength to bear whatsoever Thou dost send, And le...more

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Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to himself and to t...more

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If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something else responsible.

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Who stands fast? Only the man whose final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, or his virtue, but who is ready to ...more

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God loves his work and therefore wills to preserve it. Creation and preservation are two aspects of the one activity of God.

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The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes a "religious soc...more

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The mysterious, invisible authority of the divine child over human hearts is more solidly grounded then the visible and resplendent power of earthly r...more

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As you gave the ring to one another and have now received it a 2nd time from the hand of the pastor, so love comes from you, but marriage from above, ...more

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Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in the power and authority of the commission Christ ha...more

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Reproof is unavoidable. God’s Word demands it when a brother falls into open sin. The practice of discipline in the congregation begins in the smalles...more

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In the Christian community thankfulness is just what it is anywhere else in the Christian life. Only he who gives thanks for little things receives th...more

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Who am I? They often tell me I would step from my cell's confinement calmly, cheerfully, firmly, like a squire from his country-house.Who am I? They o...more

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But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for him to be so. Neither anxiety now work can...more

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Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and onl...more

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The flesh resists this daily humiliation, first by a frontal attack, and later by hiding itself under the words of the spirit (i.e. in the name of 'ev...more