"In 1054 A.D., Rome and Constantinople clashed in one of the most defining events in history: the Great Schism of the East. A division between faith, power, and gold that changed Christianity forever. Discover the secrets, politics, and corruption behind the collapse of the Church’s unity."
1054 AD The Great Schism: Rome vs Constantinople | Power, Gold and Corruption
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983)
Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch-born author of the 1971 best-selling book "The Hiding Place," which chronicled her World War II experiences in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Born in Haarlem, Holland, Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was the child of Casper and Cornelia ten Boom. Her father was a second-generation watchmaker, a trade which Corrie also learned. During her adult years, she became the first female licensed watchmaker in Holland. The ten Boom family held membership in the Dutch Reformed Church. The family's devout faith soon was tested during the German occupation of Holland in World War II.
The ten Boom family opened their home to anyone in need of food or assistance. During the Nazi persecution of the Jews, the ten Booms took in Jews and hid them within their home. Some of the Jews stayed only a short period until permanent arrangements could be made elsewhere. Using her occupation as a watchmaker as a cover, Corrie participated in a network of resistance workers. Through her contacts, she met an architect who designed a secret room for the top floor of the ten Boom home. The residence became the permanent home for several Jews, and the ten Boom family conducted routine drills to ensure the Jews could reach the hiding place quickly in case the Germans searched the home.
On February 28, 1944, the Gestapo raided the ten Boom home. Six individuals, including Jews and resistance workers, managed to reach the secret room and remain undetected during the raid. The Gestapo arrested the entire ten Boom family. After several days, the Gestapo released all but three family members. The Nazis sent Corrie, along with her sister Betsie and her father Casper, to prison in the coastal town of Scheveningen. Corrie's father died after only 10 days in prison. Corrie and her sister Betsie remained in Scheveningen until June 1944. At that time, the Nazis transferred Corrie and Betsie to Vught Concentration Camp located within Holland. The sisters remained there until September 1944, when the Germans evacuated the camp and sent Corrie and Betsie to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in northern Germany.
Throughout their imprisonment, Corrie and Betsie held Bible studies and related the Gospel of Jesus. The sisters continued their teachings while enduring countless cruelties by the Nazi camp attendants. Corrie's message of Christ's love often included the phrases, "There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still," and "Jesus is Victor." Due to the sisters' evangelism, many women at Ravensbruck accepted Christ as their Savior.
During the last days of their imprisonment, Betsie ten Boom died at Ravensbruck. The Nazis released Corrie shortly thereafter. Years later, Corrie learned that her release from prison occurred due to a clerical error. Many of the remaining women at Ravensbruck died in the gas chambers.
Following her release, Corrie told of her experiences in the Nazi camps and her struggle to forgive her captors. She used her message to present the Gospel of Christ and often stated that "You can never learn that Christ is all you need until Christ is all you have."
During the next 32 years of her ministry, Corrie traveled to 60 countries and wrote numerous books and devotionals. Perhaps her best-known work includes her 1971 book "The Hiding Place," a best-seller which chronicled her experiences. In 1975, World Wide Pictures and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association created the motion picture, "The Hiding Place," based on her earlier book.
In her later years, Corrie moved to California to be closer to the film industry, a medium she utilized to spread the Gospel message. After suffering several strokes which rendered her an invalid, she died in Placentia, California, in 1983 on her 91st birthday, an occurrence which Jewish tradition states God grants to special individuals. She was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California. Her tombstone proclaims the message that "Jesus is Victor."
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Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
Martin Luther
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
O SLEEPER AWAKE! Born Again: George Whitefield (1714-1770)
Last week I saw The Great Awakening at the local theater which dramatized the life of George Whitefield. It was AWESOME!
More about THE GREAT AWAKENING
Then today, I came across this documentary on his life which is very interesting.
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi,we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man cando these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I sayunto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see thekingdom of God.
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Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he isold? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, andbe born?
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Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a manbe born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into thekingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born ofthe Spirit is spirit.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the soundthereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whitherit goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel,and knowest not these things?
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, andtestify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, howshall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, buthe that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which isin heaven.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even somust the Son of man be lifted up:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begottenSon, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, buthave everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;but that the world through him might be saved.
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He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he thatbelieveth not is condemned already, because he hath notbelieved in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deedswere evil.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh tothe light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
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