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    A gripping parable by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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    January 23, 2016

      Maybe you care deeply for someone to whom this parable might speak, someone who is not yet pondering God’s grace and redemption. Pray about sending your loved one or…

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    2016: MLK Birmingham jail letter anew with prophetic power

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    January 18, 2016

    Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 letter from the Birmingham jail stirred Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd to write last fall: “When Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his Letter From…

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    Spurgeon, the Maharishi & meditation

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    January 16, 2016

    Charles Haddon Spurgeon practiced meditation long before there was a Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Here’s some of Spurgeon’s meditation counsel, from 1874: “It is an admirable plan to fix your thoughts…

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    And now there are 2!

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    January 15, 2014

    Now there are two books on prayer and meditation by Art Toalston, senior editor of Baptist Press:  When I Meditate: Recovering a Key Facet of Prayer and now – Meditation…

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    Psalm 51 — more than repentance

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    January 14, 2014

    Several thoughts on Psalm 51: At least ten of the nineteen verses are 24/7-relevant. Among them: Verse 1 – repentance: Who doesn’t need the tender mercies of God’s unfailing love…

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    Even just a sentence from Scripture

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    January 13, 2014

    At some point in life, your mental faculties may decline into dementia of one form or another. Or a head injury suffered in an accident may leave you in a…

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