1. Long Has She Reigned Over Us: The Death of Queen Elizabeth II and the Dignity of Duty

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    09/09/22
    23 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    “There,” the Queen said, “That’s so much better than talking, isn’t it?”
    Long Has She Reigned Over Us: The Death of Queen Elizabeth II and the Dignity of Duty

  2. 1 John 2:12-14: The Problem of Finding an 'Authentic Self'

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    08/26/22
    18 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    There is no true “self” apart from God. Anything so surmised is caught up in the meaninglessness that is death.
    1 John 2:12-14: The Problem of Finding an 'Authentic Self'

  3. Church Fathers: Augustine, The Doctor of the Church

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    07/27/22
    23 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    We cannot overstate that no person outside the Bible has been as influential to Christian theology as Augustine.
    Church Fathers: Augustine, The Doctor of the Church

  4. God's Command to Save You

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    03/29/22
    6 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    The promise here is that God is present with us in our troubles, issuing commands to save us before we ask. God does not ignore our suffering and cries.
    God's Command to Save You

  5. I Don't Have the Answers, But I Have Hope

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    02/28/22
    15 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.
    I Don't Have the Answers, But I Have Hope

  6. Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

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    01/27/22
    13 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
    Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

  7. Christmas in Isaiah: The Government's Welfare and the Lamb

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    12/24/21
    17 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    The best we would have to look forward to, without Jesus, is a society dedicated to addressing problems and working through them.
    Christmas in Isaiah: The Government's Welfare and the Lamb

  8. Mary: When Gabriel was Frightened by Mary

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    09/30/21
    18 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    Grace does not emancipate us from any requirement of obedience. Rather, grace allows Jesus to be obedient on our behalf that the righteous demands of the law can be fulfilled.
    Mary: When Gabriel was Frightened by Mary

  9. Christ's Words of Comfort: John 14:27

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    04/06/21
    17 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    Jesus offers to the anxious soul the one thing it ironically wants: certainty of the good.
    Christ's Words of Comfort: John 14:27

  10. Why Lent Offers us a Curious Kind of Joy

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    03/09/21
    12 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    There is joy in Lent, but it is the kind of joy that comes in being made whole.
    Why Lent Offers us a Curious Kind of Joy

  11. The Real Church Pandemic is Nostalgia

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    03/01/21
    11 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    Nostalgia is a looter who impoverishes us of the truth that God is in our midst right now.
    The Real Church Pandemic is Nostalgia

  12. Mountaintop Words

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    02/05/21
    15 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    God is not what we experience him to be, what our emotions narrate him to be, or what our intuition thinks he might be. God is what and who he says he is.
    Mountaintop Words
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