Sunday, July 19, 2020

The Power of the Gospel

From the Bible: Romans 1:16-17
(Good News Translation)

Paul wrote:
I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God's power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles. For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, "The person who is put right with God through faith shall live."


Quoted in the June/July 1986 issue of the
American Bible Society Record

To read an article about Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), click here.

Thursday, July 16, 2020

The Last Words of David

From the Bible: 2 Samuel 23:1-7
(King James Version)

Now these be the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse said,
and the man who was raised up on high,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

The Spirit of the Lord spake by me,
and his word was in my tongue.
The God of Israel said,
the Rock of Israel spake to me,
He that ruleth over men must be just,
ruling in the fear of God.
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds;
as the tender grass springing out of the earth
by clear shining after rain.
Although my house be not so with God;
yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,
ordered in all things, and sure:
for this is all my salvation, and all my desire,
although he make it not to grow.
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with hands:
but the man that shall touch them
must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear;
and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.


Sunday, July 12, 2020

Story of the Week: Paul’s Case

Story of the Week: Paul’s Case: Willa Cather (1873–1947)

"It was Paul's afternoon to appear before the faculty of the Pittsburgh High School to account for his various misdemeanors." So begins Willa Cather's famous short story "Paul's Case." To read the story in its entirety and Library of America's introduction to it, click on the link above.