Christian Living
Weekly Devotionals
Lilias Trotter
**This week we continue our quarterly theme of Elisabeth Elliot’s Heroes of the Faith. To discover more about Ms. Trotter’s...
Weekly Devotionals
Perfect Peace
Amy Carmichael gives a beautiful illustration from nature of perfect peace. The sun bird, one of the tiniest of birds,...
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The Same Old Routine
It is sometimes supposed that the Holy Spirit is stifled by order, planning, or routine, and can work only in...
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Volunteer Slaves
“Slave" is not a word most of us nowadays feel comfortable with. It is significant that most modern Bible translations use...
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At Every Stage of the Journey
What matters in life is that we should stick with the Lord. Where He goes, we follow. When He says halt,...
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How Do We Know We Are Called?
We need never ask the question, "How do I know I'm called?" We ought rather to ask, "How do I...
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Remember This in the Dark Place
When we ask God to work His holy will in us, we ought not to be surprised that the answer...
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Child-Parent Relations
**Note from Elisabeth: Dan Tompkins, fourteen-year-old son of my dear friend Barb of Tucson, Arizona, wrote this for his school...
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The Discipline of the Body, Part Two
The Jerusalem Bible translates it this way: “Think of God’s mercy, my brothers, and worship Him, I beg you, in...
Weekly Devotionals
The Discipline of the Body, Part One
A television commercial shows a man springing out of bed, racing down the stairs, gulping a cup of coffee, snatching up coat...
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A Word for Fathers
While visiting Columbia Bible College in South Carolina, I found in the library a little book called Father and Son,...
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Under Orders: Part 2
When I was in college, it was the custom when the yearbook came out to ask one’s friends to autograph...
Weekly Devotionals
Under Orders: Part 1
Christian discipline means placing oneself under orders. It is no mere business of self-improvement, to be listed along with speed-reading,...