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9 Ways Faith and Hope Work Together

April 28, 2020Mike Leake

I’ve been spending a good amount of my time studying the biblical doctrine of hope. In doing so I uncovered this gem from John Bunyan and thought you might enjoy. (I’ve tried to modernize the language or summarize where necessary)… Continue Reading →

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Handing the Sword Over to the Enemy

October 25, 2017Mike Leake

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to… Continue Reading →

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What If Prayer Makes Anxiety Worse?

October 4, 2017Mike Leake 2 Comments

There is a mandatory question that the nurse at my doctors office always has to ask me. “Have you had feelings of hopelessness or despair in the last two weeks”? When she asked this question to me yesterday I was… Continue Reading →

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When Suffering is the Megaphone and God is the Whisper

March 10, 2017Mike Leake 1 Comment

C.S. Lewis once quipped: “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”  (Problem of Pain, 140) I agree with Lewis that… Continue Reading →

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