You Might Have a Troubled Heart
By Christopher J. Richmann
09/30/26
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You Might Have a Troubled Heart

Jesus doesn’t say, “I give you the way,” but “I am the way.”
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Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
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The Fear of Being Known

This is an excerpt from the sixth chapter of Fear Not: How the Gospel Disrupts Our Deepest Anxieties by Luke Kjolhaug (1517 Publishing, 2026).
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Bradley Gray
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His Mercy is More

We draw near because Christ our Mediator has gone where we never could, and he has brought us with him.

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