Podcast appearances and mentions of doug merkey

O devocional de hoje está uma bênção! Marque um amigo aqui nos comentários para ler com você! Leitura bíblica do dia: Salmo 32 Plano de leitura anual: Números 34-36; Marcos 9:30-50; O pastor e escultor Doug Merkey descreveu como os fios da sua vida se partiam como o desenrolar de uma corda: “Minha mãe tinha perdido sua batalha contra o câncer; um longo relacionamento romântico se desfazia; meus recursos financeiros diluíram; minha vocação era incerta. A escuridão ao meu redor e em mim era debilitante, aparentemente impenetrável”. Tudo isso e o fato de morar num sótão apertado tornou-se o cenário a partir do qual surgiu a escultura The Hiding Place [O esconderijo]. Ela representa as mãos fortes e cicatrizadas de Cristo como uma concha que abriga com segurança. Merkey explica a sua obra: Essa “escultura é o convite de Cristo para se esconder nele”. Davi escreveu o Salmo 32 como alguém que encontrara o lugar mais seguro: o próprio Deus, que nos oferece o perdão dos nossos pecados (vv.1-5) e nos encoraja a oferecer-lhe orações no meio “da inundação” (v.6). O salmista declara a sua confiança em Deus: “és meu esconderijo; tu me guardas da aflição e me cercas de cânticos de vitória” (v.7). Quando os problemas aparecem, para onde você se volta? Como é bom saber que, quando as cordas frágeis de nossa existência terrena começam a se desfazer, podemos nos refugiar em Deus que nos proporciona a segurança eterna através da obra redentora de Jesus. Por:  Arthur Jackson

Like the unraveling of a rope, the threads in Doug’s life were breaking one by one. “My mother had lost her prolonged battle with cancer; a long-term romantic relationship was failing; my finances were depleted; my vocation was foggy. . . . The emotional and spiritual darkness around me and within me was deep and debilitating and seemingly impenetrable,” writes pastor and sculptor Doug Merkey. These collective events, combined with living in a cramped attic, became the setting from which his sculpture The Hiding Place emerged. It depicts Christ’s strong, nailed-scarred hands openly cupped together as a place of safety. Doug explained the design of his artwork this way: The “sculpture is Christ’s invitation to hide in Him.” In Psalm 32, David wrote as one who had found the ultimate safe place—God Himself. He offers us forgiveness from our sin (vv. 1–5) and encourages us to offer prayer in the midst of tumult (v. 6). In verse 7, the psalmist declares his trust in God: “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” When trouble shows up, where do you turn? How good it is to know that when the fragile cords of our earthly existence begin to unravel, we can run to the God who has provided eternal safety through the forgiving work of Jesus.

Josh Holler sits down with Doug Merkey to discuss life in the trenches in the fight to save lives from abortion.

TRU-Life Fridays Radio:  A 360-Degree approach to all things pro-human and pro-life.   Today, we replay Letitia's interview with Doug Merkey about the Life Team Summit on April 11.  If you want to "Get Into Life," please register for the Summit today at www.getintolife.org.  Register by April 1 for the early discount! Also, we will be discussing the latest headlines: CO woman gets a pass on murder after cutting a baby out of the pregnant mother. Abortion children's storybook - would a child really say those things? Listen LIVE and join us in the chat room!

2015 in St. Louis is Pro-Life Central so far!  Today, we will run down the list of upcoming pro-life events in and near St. Louis, MO.  We will also feature a short interview with Doug Merkey, president and CEO of Churches for Life.  Pastor Doug will be talking details about the annual LifeTeam Summit conference happening on April 11.  If you want to get involved in making Missouri abortion free, this conference and the others that we will mention is a great place to begin. Also, stay tuned to TLFR in the coming weeks as we emerge from winter hiatus to make a big impact for the TRU-Life here on the TRUradio Network.  

Our guest today is Doug Merkey from Churches For Life.  Churches For Life has been involved with supporting the message of life affirmation in churches all across America.  The need for such an organization such as CFL is by itself rather controversial.  Some churches are vocally pro-life; some are positionally neutral, and yet some openly approve of abortion on demand.  Doug will be on with us to share about the challenges facing CFL and his strategies to advance a life affirming viewpoint among churches today.  One of CFL's mottos is "A life-affirming world resulting from a life-affirming Church."