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• Seeking His Face as the Solace for Turbulent Times

  

  By Elizabeth PrataWe live in scary times. This isn't anything new...the '60s were scary, a civil societal revolution took place between generations. Plus,... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sunday Martyr Moment: Persecution Under Domitian

  

  By Elizabeth PrataFoxe's Book of Martyrs. According to this summary from Christian Book Summaries,Writing in the mid-1500s, John Foxe was living in the midst... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Now the Lord Himself of Peace Give You Peace

  

  By Elizabeth PrataThe other evening I was standing at the edge of the hayfield, and the blue cornflowers gave a wonderful tinge that mirrored the sky, and the... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Top 5 Books I’d Recommend (plus 5 More)

  

  By Elizabeth PrataYesterday a friend who is doing a project asked me to list top five books I would recommend every Christian to read. I asked, 'modern or older... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• It's the 1960s All Over Again. I Hated the '60s

  

  By Elizabeth PrataOn Twitter, an account named @backcreekpastor posted this:"This sojourn into "online worship" has made me exceedingly glad we will not... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Living the Ecclesiastes Life

  

  By Elizabeth PrataBy the 1990's I wasn't tempted by the American Dream anymore. My 90s decade, one in which I was thirty to forty years old were a reaction to... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Why You Should Read Pilgrim's Progress, and Summer Book-A-Palooza Sites

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI love the book The Pilgrim's Progress. I have a hard time with allegory and symbolism, being so literal, but I love the book and many of its... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Why General Revelation Isn't Enough to Get You into Heaven

  

  By Elizabeth PrataI was saved from God's wrath because God in His uninfluenced will decided before the foundation of the world that He would create me and then... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sunday Martyr Moment: John Huss, "What I Taught with My Lips I Now Seal with My...

  

  By Elizabeth Prata*On July 6, 1415, Jan Huss was burned at the stake. Excerpted from Foxe's Book of Martyrs. John Huss was killed by the Roman Catholic Church... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• They Will Be Able to Go in and Come Out...

  

  By Elizabeth Prata*I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. John 10:9Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• "It Was as If Joy Was Making Them Speak"

  

  By Elizabeth Prata*I read an interesting list of points an author made about John Bunyan's conversion. John Bunyan was the writer of Pilgrim's Progress, a book... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Faces: Fallen, and Angelic

  

  By Elizabeth PrataOne aspect of relationships I find difficult as an autistic person is faces. I don't understand them, they convey too much emotion for me to... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Enriched Beyond Measure

  

  By Elizabeth PrataIt rained yesterday. In other news, the cardinals that used to hang round in my yard, are back. About 8 years ago a tenant on the property... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Light Andlife

  

  By Elizabeth PrataDuring this Pandemic time, I've had opportunity to go through and look at and scan some of my old 35mm photos. I went to Italy a few times in... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sunday Martyr Moment: The Coming Persecution

  

  Foxe's Book of Martyrs. According to this summary from Christian Book Summaries,Writing in the mid-1500s, John Foxe was living in the midst of intense... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Encouragement, Listen!

  

  By Elizabeth PrataSisters, you have the keys to the kingdom in your heart, the deposit of the Holy Spirit which guarantees entrance into that great city: the Ne... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Sale! Sale! Sale! All Things Puritan

  

  By Elizabeth PrataHere are a couple of sales to alert you to right now. They are too good to pass up.I love the Puritans. I grew up in Rhode Island, founded by... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• If Tuscany is THIS Beautiful, Then...

  

  By Elizabeth Prata...Just think, the New Earth (Revelation 21:1) will be so much MORE beautiful than this-San Quirico d'Orcia, Italy. Photo unsplash by... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Discernment Sources, Including a Webinar Scheduled for Thursday, May 14

  

  By Elizabeth PrataDiscernment is so important. The original New Testament Bible authors wrote about its importance and urged its honing, in every NT book... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How is Doing Good to Widows and Orphans a Pure & Undefiled Religion?

  

  By Elizabeth PrataReligion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY