Jane Austen:
“There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do, if he chooses, and that is, his duty; not by manœuvering and finessing, but by vigour and resolution.
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2026-08-23
Moulins au clair de lune, Schiedam by Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819-1891)
1 Kings 13:18 And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word …
2026-10-06
1 Kings 12:26-27 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David. If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the …
2026-10-05
River Scene (1854)by Asher Brown Durand
1 Kings 12:15 So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfill his word, …
Charles Spurgeon, Mornings and Evenings, Morning October 5:
1 Kings 19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
Even so the Lord feeds and refreshes our souls that we may afterwards use our renewed strength in the promotion of his glory
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Most of the ordinary people who lose their faith are not overthrown by philosophical argument; they lose faith because they Are disillusioned by the churchmen they meet. One sanctimonious hypocrite …
To search other fields for what only the gospel can give is dangerous, as the story of Leverage illustrates. And while Leverage is a spectacular example, there is no reason to believe …
2026-10-04
Where Rapids Roar Sir Alfred East (English, 1849–1913)
1 Kings 12:8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him …
2026-10-03
1 Kings 12:6-8 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” And …
2026-10-02
1 Kings 11:2 Solomon clung to these in love
“Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, …