• How the GOP Became Pro-Choice. Joe Carter writes “The first gradual step was to align the political platform with the personal views of the party’s presidential nominee.”
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• What My All-Star MLB Pitcher Dad Taught Me About Godly Competition. Mike McGregor writes “As a faithful Christian who was also a professional athlete, my dad modeled a different way of being a competitor—no less ambitious and hard-working but with a posture that glorified Christ above himself. Here are a few lessons I gleaned from him, and other Christian athletes, that might be helpful for believers seeking to glorify God through sports.”

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• We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us. Martin Luther
• God gives us prayer as a basket, and then he pours the blessings of his grace into it. Charles Spurgeon
• We do not become sheep by believing; rather we believe only because we are sheep. John Piper
• Doctrine divides, but doctrine also unites. It binds together the hearts of God’s people who celebrate the truth of God. R.C. Sproul
• When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, “Repent,” He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance. Martin Luther
• If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for. Charles Spurgeon
• It is Jesus’ own righteousness, His performance and not my performance, that is the grounds of my justification. R.C. Sproul
• The Christian is made strong and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life. Do not shrink then from the tempestuous winds of trial, but take comfort, believing that by their rough discipline God is fulfilling this benediction to you. Charles Spurgeon
• Through the gospel, we have come to base our identity not on what we have achieved but what has been achieved for us in Christ. Tim Keller