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Pondering God’s Goodness in our Distress

14 October 2021 By David Trounce

Pondering God's Goodness in our Distress - Sermo Humilis

First, read this hymn by Horatio Spafford, When peace, like a river, attends my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this … [Read more...] about Pondering God’s Goodness in our Distress

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Distress, Grief, Hope

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.