“there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord ...

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My recall of watching TV newscasts goes back to the evening news by John Cameron Swayze (1950s). The news anchor I have probably watched the most in my younger adult years was Walter Cronkite.

Later in Psalm 119:161 the psalm goes on to say, "Princes persecute me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word (NKJV)." When God's word is important to us, the other difficulties ...

The Bible is both the story of God and the true story of the world. The “re” words we find throughout the Scripture unlock, in all kinds of ways, the central plot of the grand story of God’s ...

Secondly, God wants to display His power through the lives of His people — “to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” Isaiah 41 tells us, “So do not fear, for I am with ...

The history and lives of these people became the vocabulary of God’s message. There was still no mistaking it for anything other than the word of God, but he filled out the narrative and filled ...

In his remarks to the assembled bishops and assorted experts, Cardinal George touched on the importance of preaching how the Word of God impacts the lives of the faithful.