Tag Archives: repentance

Remembering the Gettysburg Address

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
As you know, Lincoln was our first Republican president and served during the entire course of the Civil War. The war ended on April 9, 1865. Lincoln fell to an assassin’s bullet in Ford’s Theatre 5 days later.
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Thoughts on Scandal and Sin

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
About two weeks ago, our family enjoyed an evening outside, sitting around a new firepit friends had given to us. It was quite different from others we’ve used. This new one is a cylinder made from stainless steel.
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What to Say?

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
I saw a Facebook post recently re-shared by a friend I admire. You will need to read it all the way through to get the gist of it. Since it was a public post, here’s some of it:
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Repentance! Not Resolutions!

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
January first is often considered the time for “New Year’s Resolutions,”  “turning over a new Leaf,” or launching a new “self-help program.”  Such things may have some benefits but have generally been nothing more than filler for newspapers and TV shows during the slow time following the holiday season. However, because I see our country floundering and confused, divided and drifting, I have a recommendation: How about a change of hearts in America where, for starters, we make truth normative, and children loved? 
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What’s To Be Done?

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg
My mentor, when I became the leader of a pro-life organization, told me that it was not enough to inform Christians regarding the issues at stake in the abortion battle; I had to give them something to do or they would become frustrated and inactive. As I have listened to conservatives address the multiple threats the Left poses to America and our liberties, I find myself frustrated by the lack of options they present.
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The Testimony of Raleigh Mayberry Jr.

Posted on December 10, 2013 by David E Smith
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, the Apostle Paul teaches us that “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
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