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PlayStop Popout X John F. Kennedy wrote, “Great crises produce great men and great deeds of courage.” While it is true that a crisis helps to make a person, it is also true that a crisis helps to reveal of what a person is made. Pilate faced a great crisis, but his handling of it…
PlayStop Popout X Trouble is an inescapable reality in this fallen, evil world. Discouragement is no respecter of persons. In fact, discouragement seems to attack the successful far more than the unsuccessful; for the higher we climb, the farther down we can fall. We are not surprised then when we read that the great Apostle…
PlayStop Popout X This letter is the outpouring of Paul’s heart caused by the information, which he received. More than any other of Paul’s letters, it shows how strong his feelings were when he wrote it. The Corinthians had received his previous letter with a proper spirit; it had brought them to repentance over sin,…