1. The Holy Spirit's Succulent Fruit

    book
    07/03/23
    12 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    The Holy Spirit unleashes his power through us, his vines, and we then get to watch as his fruits blossom and ripen.
    The Holy Spirit's Succulent Fruit

  2. Opening the Dead Hands of Faith

    book
    06/20/23
    12 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    It’s not our eloquence or persuasive rhetoric that changes hearts, but the Word of God that pierces through the hardened shells of unbelief and breathes life into the dead bones of sinners.
    Opening the Dead Hands of Faith

  3. Sin Will Have No Dominion

    book
    06/15/23
    10 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
    Sin Will Have No Dominion

  4. The Parable of the Sower

    book
    03/14/23
    9 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
    The Parable of the Sower

  5. Forgive Your Parents

    book
    03/08/23
    9 mins
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    By Michael Berg
    Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.
    Forgive Your Parents

  6. And I Will Give You Rest

    book
    03/07/23
    25 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
    And I Will Give You Rest

  7. My Favorite Book in the Bible

    book
    02/28/23
    14 mins
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    By Ryan Couch
    If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.
    My Favorite Book in the Bible

  8. Ash Wednesday, For What?

    book
    02/22/23
    10 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
    Ash Wednesday, For What?

  9. An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

    book
    02/21/23
    9 mins
    read
    By Philip Bartelt
    A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
    An Excerpt from What is Christianity? by Francis Pieper

  10. How God Loves Us: God is Love, 1 John 4:15-21

    book
    02/17/23
    14 mins
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    By Erick Sorensen
    To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
    How God Loves Us: God is Love, 1 John 4:15-21

  11. The White Rose

    book
    02/08/23
    8 mins
    read
    By Pete Lange
    We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
    The White Rose

  12. A Real Person

    book
    01/12/23
    11 mins
    read
    By Gerhard Forde
    Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.
    A Real Person
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