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"It is well with my soul": Bible verse or hymn lyric?

"It is well with my soul": Bible verse or hymn lyric?

Dr. Zachary Porcu
by Dr. Zachary PorcuCatholic University of America
The phrase “it is well with my soul” does not appear in the Bible as an exact quote. It was penned by a nineteenth-century Protestant named Horatio G. Spafford. The sentiment is not entirely un-Biblical, however, as you could a...
A PhD explains the phrase "What the devil meant for evil"

A PhD explains the phrase "What the devil meant for evil"

Dr. Zachary Porcu
by Dr. Zachary PorcuCatholic University of America
There isn’t a single, specific Bible verse about what “the enemy meant for evil,” but the closest is Genesis 50:20: “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this...

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