Hudson Taylor: “I can scarcely think…but I can trust”

From Hudson Taylor In Early Years: The Growth of A Soul by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor; Morgan & Scott; 1911
JP: Brief post by Dianne Heeney with Hudson Taylor’s “spiritual secret”:
Strength For Today: One of Taylor’s “Spiritual Secrets”
Taylor returned to England with ill health and was brought to the very doors of death by the [...]

Pastor Doug Roman on giving

Does Tax-Deductible Giving Impact Church Offerings?
Introduction:
I had another fleeting thought . . . would removing the tax-deductibility of a monetary gift impact church offerings? While there is no reason to think that suffering (i.e., flogging, imprisonment, beatings, etc.) for our faith is imminent in our country, some of these kinds of legislative impediments are [...]

“Scutum Fidei” and the Athanasian Creed

JP: “Scutum Fidei” is Latin for “Shield of Faith”. From Wikipedia article:
The only name for this diagram which was in any regular use during the Middle Ages was “Scutum Fidei” (a Latin phrase meaning “Shield of the Faith”, taken from the Vulgate of Ephesians verse 6:16).
The particular phrase “Shield of the Trinity”, which is now [...]