A community of broken homes and destructive children or a community of neighbors in Christ Jesus' sense of the word? That was the question this author was able to answer through prayer.
When reports of calamity in our world or in our own town flood in daily, it may seem naive to say that we can be free from fear. Yet the Bible tells us, "Perfect love casteth out fear."
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last words of Christ Jesus in the Gospel of Mark are "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Life in the eighties obviously needs more than a new look—more than mere cosmetic changes. If there is to be real progress in our world, we'll need to see the deeper, spiritual dimensions of life.