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• Broken and Crushed...I Will Remember

  

  By Elizabeth PrataSurely our griefs He Himself bore,And our sorrows He carried;Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,Smitten of God, and afflicted. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Social Media: On Muting and Blocking

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI grew up without the internet and social media. I roamed the neighborhood at will. I explored ponds, creeks, and woods. I built forts out of... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Darkness Deepens

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI have friends who are unafraid and unashamed to post the biblical truth on social media, like James White, Michelle Lesley, Justin Peters, an... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Delicate Beauty, Intelligently Created

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI'm still in summer-ocean-seashell mode. I'd written about Gifts from the Sea a week ago, here is another short meditation on the natural worl... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Refresh Yourself in Times of Controversy

  

  By Elizabeth PrataNeed to take a breath and reset? Refresh?I always find that delving into the biblical doctrine of heaven helps me. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Matthew 18: "Did You Go to Her?" and the Part That People Ignore

  

  By Elizabeth PrataThere remains much confusion about the process outlined in Matthew 18. Whenever a public Bible teacher is questioned, confronted, or critiqued... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• "The Pain of Seeing People Go"

  

  By Elizabeth PrataJordan Standridge wrote today of The Pain of Seeing People Go. His is a timely essay, as I've been drafting one exactly like it on the same... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Importance of a Bible Teacher's Transparency: It Relates to Accountability

  

  By Elizabeth PrataOn June 18, I and 5 other ladies signed an Open Letter to Beth Moore and it was published on several of our platforms. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Language of God: Earthquakes

  

  By Elizabeth PrataThis is an updated version of the essay I published in June 2010.In looking at ways God has spoken to us in the past and of the ways He has... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Onions, A Day in the Life, Sideways Necklace, Ghost Horse, Martyr Moment, and...

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI've blogged here for ten years. There are over 4,800 essays to peruse. (Which no one will actually do). So, I put before you several of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Gifts from the Sea

  

  By Elizabeth PrataHappy Fourth of July long weekend, if you're taking it off! For many of us the beginning of July is high summer. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Independence Day in the US Today, but a Future Freedom Awaits

  

  By Elizabeth PrataFor our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; (Philippians 3:20)Charles Spurgeon... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Our Associations Matter: Biblical Study on When to Stay and When to Separate

  

  By Elizabeth PrataWe live in the age of "tolerance". It's not the tolerance you and I might have grown up with. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Lord Will Thresh and Winnow

  

  By Elizabeth PrataThis was posted in May 2009 on The End Time. My feeling of burden for coming judgment on those who don't know/refuse/reject is still heavy on... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• About Those Verses of Braided Hair...

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI've been watching The Waltons in my free time here during summer break. It's a sweet drama based on writer Earl Hamner, Jr.'s life on the... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• 'Every Tribe and Tongue' an Encouraging Mission Movie (30-min)

  By Elizabeth PrataI know there has been a lot of negativity lately. I know you, as I do, look around at our country and the world and see so many lost souls, se... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Even Salon.com Says "Joel Osteen Worships Himself" (re-post)

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI was working on an essay about the Drag Queen programs in public libraries but I simply could not continue. Here is a repost of an essay I... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Learning When to Stay in and When to Separate out

  

  By Elizabeth PrataProverbs is one of the Bible's Wisdom books. The others are Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs.We Christians love all people, because... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What is Love?

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI don't like writing about myself and I never talk about my internal emotions and thoughts. I'd really rather die than talk about what's... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Good Fruit (Not What You Think)

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI was cutting up a nectarine that had been sitting in my fruit bowl for many days. "Surely it will be ripe by now" I thought. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY