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Who Was Saint Patrick and Should Christians Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
from Stephen Nichols Mar 17, 2021 Category: Articles
When it comes to Saint Patrick, the true story is even more exciting than the legend and the myth. The facts are far better than the fable. This day that belongs to St. Patrick has become about leprechauns, shamrocks, pots of gold, and green—green everywhere. Famously, the City of Chicago dumps forty pounds of its top-secret dye into the river. A green racing stripe courses through the city. But long before there was the St. Patrick of myth, there was the Patrick of history. Who was Patrick?
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Martin Luther’s Death and Legacy
from Stephen Nichols Feb 17, 2021 Category: Articles
Martin Luther died on February 18, 1546. One month before, he wrote to a friend complaining of the infirmities of his age, "I, old, weary, lazy, worn-out, cold, chilly, and, over and above, one-eyed man." He then sighs, "Half-dead as I am, I might be left in peace."
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We Can Have Confidence
from Stephen Nichols Jan 18, 2021 Category: Ligonier Resources
Sennacherib ruled Assyria from the capital city of Nineveh, which was the largest city in the world at the time. He was formidable, ruthless, a military ruler bent on collecting nations. Nebuchadnezzar II, the ruler of the Babylonian Empire, surpassed him. He made Babylon even larger and greater than Nineveh. Nothing like it had ever been seen. Cyrus surpassed them both, creating the world’s largest empire through merciless force. When Cyrus’ vast army marched, the ground shook for miles.
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The Bible Belongs to Every Age
from Stephen Nichols Jan 06, 2021 Category: Articles
In 1734 and 1735, Jonathan Edwards and the congregation at Northampton experienced a revival. So did many other churches in the Connecticut River Valley in the colonies of Connecticut and Massachusetts. In the fall of 1733, Edwards preached some hard-hitting sermons. One of them, preached in November 1733, has been titled “The Kind of Preaching People Want.”
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Tracing the Story of Christmas
from Stephen Nichols Dec 11, 2020 Category: Articles
In order to understand the story of Christmas, we have to go back. Not back just a few thousand years to the birth of Jesus, but all the way back, back to our first parents, Adam and Eve. God placed them in the lush and perfect garden of Eden. They had everything they needed. It was perfect. Then they sinned. As a consequence, God banished them. Now Adam and Eve lived under the curse. But as God pronounced the curse, thundering from heaven, He also gave them a promise.
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The Real Meaning of Christmas
from Stephen Nichols Dec 04, 2020 Category: Articles
One of the most remarkable stories of Christmas comes from one of the darkest moments of modern history. World War I ravaged a continent, leaving destruction and debris in its wake. The human cost, well in the millions, staggers us. But from the midst of this dark conflict comes the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. The Western Front, only a few months into the war, was a deplorable scene of devastation. Perhaps as if to give the combatants one day to breathe again, a truce was called from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day.
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What Is Thanksgiving Day?
from Stephen Nichols Nov 23, 2020 Category: Articles
Thanksgiving is an American holiday that stretches all the way back to a time long before America became a nation. The Pilgrims landed in 1620. They faced brutal conditions and were woefully unprepared. Roughly half of them died in that first year.
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What Is Reformation Day?
from Stephen Nichols Oct 26, 2020 Category: Articles
A single event on a single day changed the world. It was October 31, 1517. Brother Martin, a monk and a scholar, had struggled for years with his church, the church in Rome. He had been greatly disturbed by an unprecedented indulgence sale. The story has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. Let’s meet the cast.
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Kingdom Warrior: Remembering Dr. Archie Parrish (1932–2019)
from Stephen Nichols Oct 26, 2019 Category: Ministry News
Dr. Archie Parrish, kingdom warrior, went into the presence of the living God on October 19, 2019. Keep Reading -
Who Is Lord: Christ or Caesar?
from Stephen Nichols Sep 13, 2019 Category: Articles
Someday, we will be like Him. That's our hope. But it's not a hope that we put on the shelf, and it's not a hope that sends us into a cave. It's a hope that sends us into the world with confidence. We can be confident in God, confident in His Word, confident in Christ, confident in the gospel, and confident in hope.
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