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“We are always excessive when we sacrifice the higher beauty to obtain the lower one,” a Mrs. Stowe wrote in 1866. “A woman who will sacrifice domestic affection, conscience, self-respect, honor, to love of dress, we all agree loves dress too much.” . . .
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Only a few days remain to complete Christian Standard’s annual survey designed for every Restoration Movement church (Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ). The deadline is Monday, Jan. 23.
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The merger of Central Christian College of the Bible, Moberly, Mo., and St. Louis Christian College, Florissant, Mo., was officially completed Dec. 5 with acceptance of the merger agreement by the Missouri Secretary of State.
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Traders Point Christian Church has purchased land for a new campus in Fishers, Ind. Also, 9/11 hero’s father helps honor servant leaders at Milligan University, and a Church Leaders’ Conference is planned at Lincoln Christian University on Feb. 18.
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Kairos Benevolence Fund and International Conference on Missions are combining to “jointly power” Pressing On: A Conference of Encouragement for Ministers and Missionaries, set for May 9 to 11. The conference’s goal is to encourage ministers to do what Paul describes in Philippians . . . “press on.”
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Once work on the temple altar and temple itself were completed, it was time to get the exiles’ lives in order. Ezra the great Bible teacher led the way in this through prayer and fasting.
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Why isn’t fasting more common in the American church? The Bible mentions it at least 60 times. Moses and Jesus both fasted for 40 days in the wilderness (Exodus 34:28; Matthew 4:2). Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther fasted. So did David, John the Baptist, and Paul. . . .
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What leadership traits do you see in Ezra?
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Communion gives us the opportunity each Lord’s Day to refocus our spiritual vision.