Ruth Lawrence Archives

3 Verses that Give Me Hope Amidst Uncertainty

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Feb 5, 2021

While it may be unusual for so many people to be facing the same kind of adversity, there was something about 2020 that wasn’t unusual—the fact that it was full of adversity. Even if COVID hadn’t happened, we would still have had bad days—delays, cancelled plans, losses, pain and sadness.

Memorizing Scripture Changed My Life

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Jul 16, 2019

I’ve decided to memorize the whole of the book of Luke. I know—it sounds a bit insane. But let me tell you how I got to this point.

4 Reasons Why Not Knowing Our Future Is Good

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Nov 28, 2017

My sister does this thing that drives me bonkers. She will take a book and, rather than reading it from start to finish, she will skip around the chapters, often reading the last page first.

How Can I Love the Church that Hurt Me?

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Oct 18, 2017

Seven days after I came into the world, my dad became the pastor of the church that I would grow up in. Unlike my siblings, I never knew a time when my Dad wasn’t a pastor.

We Are Not the Sum of Our Bad Choices

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Oct 21, 2016

You might have encountered them on the streets. The lonely, the homeless, and the addicted. They started off just like the rest of us, but somewhere along the line, one wrong choice after another led them on a downward spiral.

Why read a Christian book?

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Jul 10, 2014

They help you study the Bible. Some books are written to help you get the most out of your Bible study time. They could be books such as Dig Deeper by Nigel Beynon and Andrew Sach

Book Review: Compared to Her by Sophie de Witt

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May 23, 2014

How to experience true contentment. That's quite a claim for…

The Disease and the Cure

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Feb 26, 2014

This month I read a novel that is based on a true story about the plague—The Black Death that was a menace to the people living in Europe during the Middle Ages.