Leo Cardez, Author at Bible Advocate Advocating the Bible, representing the Church, and glorifying the God of grace and truth Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:26:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://baonline.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/05/cropped-file-32x32.jpg Leo Cardez, Author at Bible Advocate 32 32 Hope https://baonline.org/hope/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 07:00:39 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=29244
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Lighthouse at sunset over ocean waves, casting a silhouette against dramatic clouds and distant mountains.

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There is nothing like living in hell, but there is something close to it: incarceration. In my hell, where I’d lived since the winter of 2014, there was, as Dante understood, no hope. People think the worst part of a life lived in the concrete jungle is the violence. They are wrong. The worst part […]

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]]> Gratitude https://baonline.org/gratitude/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:00:13 +0000 https://baonline.org/?p=28576
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Hands reaching through prison bars, expressing longing and confinement in black and white.

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Prison life has beat the hellion out of me. It has helped me to learn not to be hardheaded when God is trying to teach me something. For these lessons, I thank God. Life is a painful struggle, but only the dead need not struggle. For these struggles, I thank God. Trials and tribulations have […]

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