There are two “cities” in which men on earth may live. They must in fact live in one or the other. —Roderick Campbell, Israel and the New Covenant (1954) By night and alone Nehemiah surveyed the broken walls of Jerusalem. ...
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Fervent Prayer and Hard Work
Ora et labora. —a Benedictine proverb No, my friend, there is no contradiction between the sovereign decrees of God and fervent, believing prayer. —John Reisinger, The Sovereignty of God and Prayer (2002) The Moment Of Crisis It was a calculated ...
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Ezra was a model reformer in that what he taught he had first lived, and what he lived he had first made sure of in the Scriptures. —Derek Kidner, Ezra & Nehemiah (1979) “Come, the New Jerusalem!” The true story ...
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The Restoration was actually a far more glorious time than ever before, in terms of spiritual power, though not in terms of outward glory and splendor. —James Jordan, Through New Eyes (1988) Cyrus took the prophecy of Isaiah to heart ...
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Everyone ends up somewhere, but few end up somewhere on purpose. Pastor Bill Overstreet At some point in our lives, usually as emerging adults, we have all looked up and wondered what being “out there,” out in the real world, ...
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