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When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise — in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
— Psalm 56:3-4
One Day Remaining to Sign up for the CU Summer Getaway
By Christian Union
From Christian Union
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Please consider joining friends, ministry partners, Christian Union's Executive Leadership Team, ministry faculty, and alumni at Christian Union's Summer Getaway next July in the Adirondack Mountains. The featured speaker will be Ravi Zacharias, and spots are going quickly. The deadline to sign up is tomorrow... |
Why Won't God End My Suffering?
By MaryLynn Johnson
From Desiring God
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I don’t remember the day I was diagnosed with a physical disability. I was only three years old. Disability is something that has always been a part of my life, and it probably always will. Growing up, there was no doubt in my mind God created... |
Students at Penn Form Pro-Life Group on Campus
By Rebecca Tan
From The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Eric Hoover, together with several other students involved in Christian Union's ministry at the University of Pennsylvania, have formed a pro-life group on campus. This is an article about the initiative that ran in the student newspaper... |
The Courage of InterVarsity
By Samuel D. James
From First Things
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"Courage," said Atticus Finch, is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” Harper Lee’s southern hero understood a truth that many religious conservatives must now embrace: Bravery often isn’t rewarded. Last week Time broke the news... |
Tim Keller on His New Book, Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical
By Matt Smethurst and Tim Keller
From The Gospel Coalition
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Christianity makes more “emotional, cultural, and rational” sense of our lived experience than any alternative worldview, Tim Keller has long insisted. In The Reason for God, he made the rational case. In this volume, he tackles the other two... |
Prayer Requests
CHRISTIAN UNION UNIVERSITY MINISTRIES
Please pray specifically for Christian Union's ministry faculty who are faithfully serving students at nine universities. Pray that, in the midst of the demands and busy schedules, they would be strengthened by God, walk closely with Him, and bear tremendous fruit.
CHRISTIAN UNION NEW YORK CITY MINISTRY
Several professionals recently joined Christian Union to attend the CU/Oxford Analytica Young Leaders Conference, September 20-22 in Oxford, UK. Please pray for Christian Union New York's other major events in 2017. These include: Nexus: Professionals Conference, April 7-9 in Stamford, CT and the CU Summer Getaway, July 22-29 in the Adirondack Mountains.
CHRISTIAN UNION
Please pray that God would be at work during several benefit events Christian Union will host in the fall in different parts of the country to help cast vision for the ministry.
