Bearing Fruit that will Last

Bearing Fruit that will Last Patricia Juster

Often, I reflect on the life of Paul and wonder what motivated him to keep on going with such zeal, even after being  beaten, stoned, or whipped. What really was behind the statement from Acts 20:24…… “I consider my life worth nothing  to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task…
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Woe, Lo, Go Patty Juster

Why are we here? God’s ultimate purpose for us living in these physical bodies on planet earth is to become love. In becoming love, we  represent the fullness of the Messiah as we relate to others and show His glory to a fallen world. The governing purpose  of God is about His Son and securing…
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Contending Together with God Patty Juster

Never before has my spirit been so at war as it has been the last few months. So much is at stake, and it feels like the US is being weighed in the divine balance. We can remember when our son Samuel was on life support after the house fire  and we were told by…
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Creative Authority Patty Juster

“What is it about the beautiful that it can bewitch and captivate a person who is intellectually alive, and just why does it excite wonder?” — Fr. Thomas Dubay, The Evidential Power of Beauty Some years ago, when the loss of our 12-year-old son was still raw and fresh, I had entered into a season…
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Is There Compensation for Suffering? Patricia Juster

There is much debate about why God has allowed such evil to exist. Many great thinkers have sought to search out the answer to the problem of pain and suffering. I have found no significant satisfaction to this issue apart from believing in a good and loving God who is ultimately sovereign over all that…
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