It appeared everything would work out perfectly when Ivan the Great married Sophia Palaiologos. But when inheritance was discussed the problems arrived.
When the enemies of your faith surround you, don’t look to your own wits and wisdom.
The wicked emperor, Andronikos, thought he could manipulate a human prophecy in order to save his kingdom. If only he understood which blood saves!

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We might assume that all ways are equal to raising a child in wisdom, but they are not.
Seasons of prolonged suffering have a way of beating your spirit down into the dust. Relational suffering. Physical suffering. Emotional suffering. Financial suffering.
How many of you Christians out there are barely holding it together? I know the inclination should be towards joy and hope, but for some of us, it's not.
He comes to fill our old, stony heart with the new wine of his forgiveness.
They say girls in our society should have nothing to worry about. They should have the opportunity for education and choices far beyond generations before.
Can there be joy in obedience? That depends on if obedience if a free choice or the result of threats.
Never has the law fallen so hard on me as in motherhood. Never before was I more aware that my best wasn’t good enough.
My Grandmother recently lost a long battle with cancer. Her name was Joy, and a name has never been more fitting.
We need a God who can heal us of true guilt and false guilt. We need a Christ who not only removes the shame we feel for what we’ve done, but who washes away the shame that others have smeared upon us.
God knows our need. He knows how it is to raise unruly children. He is very experienced in dealing with rebellion.
Having a particularly sad day, I set out to find the Gospel of Happy.
Having a particularly sad day, I set out to find the Gospel of Happy.