The Testing of Faith

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: I Peter 1:7 The word “trial” [δοκίμιον / dokimion] refers to a testing, that which reveals the trustworthiness of…

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How to Handle Hurricanes, Internal and External

Hugo, Fran, Floyd, Andrew, Katrina (to name just a few) and now Florence. But how about Charley? It was exactly fourteen years, one month, and a day ago, that Hurricane Charley steamrolled its way across the midsection of Florida. The Tampa Bay times captured an evocative photo in the aftermath of the storm. Debris and…

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