During the last two years of his life, Seneca wrote a series of letters to his friend Lucilius, in which he gave his friend moral counsel. They are often published as "Letters from a Stoic" today. Interestingly, Seneca was an advisor to Nero and very likely could see the pattern of untimely deaths among those …
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As of today, I am three weeks into studying the Beatitudes. But that wasn't the plan. I have a short-list of potential sermon series perpetually floating around my head, but in either June or July, I take some time to make a tentative sermon schedule for the following year. Throughout the years, I've had many …
For my final post of the year on this final day of the year, I’ll begin by providing some of my plans for the upcoming year (although this year has shown us exactly how much the grandest devices of men are worth!) and then I will present a “round-up” of some of my favorite posts …
The following is a guest post written by my wife as she reflected upon the 2nd anniversary of her father's passing. I pray that her recollections of that season will encourage you to trust all the more in the goodness of Christ through all things. Last Saturday was the second anniversary of my father's death; …
B. C. Newton 