1. Jesus Wins the Fight

    book
    03/09/15
    10 mins
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    By RJ Grunewald
    A quick look through the best-selling books will quickly reveal our obsession with strategies for fixing our current problems: a new strategy for dieting, a new plan to fix our ailing marriages, or another scheme to help us achieve financial success.
    Jesus Wins the Fight

  2. Bloodied, Beaten, and Bruised

    book
    02/02/15
    8 mins
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    By RJ Grunewald
    Jesus tells the story of a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho who falls into the hands of robbers. The text reads, “They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.”
    Bloodied, Beaten, and Bruised

  3. Me Generation

    book
    10/11/14
    10 mins
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    By RJ Grunewald
    Only the Millenials could have invented the “selfie.” We’re self-obsessed, right? While the previous generation had Bill Gates and Warren Buffett—relatively nondescript fellows—we have Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber.
    Me Generation

  4. God Makes Pizza

    book
    04/14/14
    8 mins
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    By RJ Grunewald
    A couple of weeks ago I ordered pizza for dinner. I didn’t pray, “Lord, give me pizza.” I called the store. The pizza did not drop down from heaven at my doorstep like manna from heaven.
    God Makes Pizza
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