I am in my church office on a Sunday morning going over my sermon notes and listening to our worship music leaders practice. Among other pieces, they will be leading us in this well-known and widely cherished Fanny Crosby classic, Blessed Assurance [Internet Archive link]1. (Most of you probably know that Fanny Crosby was blind.)… Continue reading How an Abuse Victim Might be Guilted by Some Christian Hymns
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A Slave Girl Set Free by Christ: Lessons for Us
Luke records the following remarkable encounter between the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of Light. (Acts 16:16-22 ESV) As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying… Continue reading A Slave Girl Set Free by Christ: Lessons for Us
