The English Standard Version Bible is undergoing its first text update in nearly a decade, with revisions to 36 passages ...

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Robert Dobratz wrote the following devotion for a Lenten devotional booklet that was written by members of Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. His devotion appeared on March 1, 2008: ”Though the ...

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I encourage you to set aside time for a 'date' with God. Have a deep conversation with Him through prayer, meditate on His ...

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And many folks rightly see a passage such as Romans 1:18-32 as stating that the sin of a people BECOMES the judgment of a ...

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