Those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honoured his name. Malachi 3:16 John Coleridge Patteson (1871)...
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Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Deuteronomy 4:39 Procopius (c. 303) “There is only one God” Procopius was a godly and gifted man who was born in Jerusalem and...
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Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey – whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? Romans 6:16 Geronimo (1569)...
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For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Gregorio Hapalla and Greg Bacabis (1992) Airwaves for Christ Gregorio, a Christian preacher from the Philippines, was...
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And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. John 12:32 (NRSV) Ajay Topno (2007) Village Tensions Ajay was an Indian evangelist who worked with Trans World Radio in Jharkhand state, India. He would sometimes...
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For I bear your name, LORD God Almighty. Jeremiah 15:16b Wedgewood Baptist Church (1999) Gunned Down “This is an opportunity to tell the world about Kim’s love of the Lord.” These remarkable words were spoken at the funeral of 23-year-old Susan...
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Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands. Psalm 119:66 Cyprian (c. 258) Key Thinker Cyprian was an early Christian theologian who played an important role in the history of the Western Church and the development of...
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God...
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I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds. 2 Corinthians 7:4b Susanna (295) Refused Marriage Susanna was the daughter of a priest in Rome. A relative of Emperor Diocletian, she refused his request to marry his...
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And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. 2 Timothy 2:2 Pothinus (177) Pagan Uprising Pothinus was the bishop of Lyon, a Roman province where a...
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