1. The City of God

    book
    10/23/20
    6 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    God's city is beautiful because God has constructed it to offer eternal safety to all weary sinners.
    The City of God

  2. When You Have An Under-Realized Eschatology

    book
    09/17/20
    10 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    Everyone dreads what might happen if political control is captured by the enemy. Paranoia is the characteristic feature of this kind of under-realized eschatology.
    When You Have An Under-Realized Eschatology

  3. The Hell of Bookkeeping

    book
    06/15/20
    1 min
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    By Robert Farrar Capon
    If the world could have been saved by bookkeeping, it would have been saved by Moses, not Jesus. The law was just fine.
    The Hell of Bookkeeping

  4. God, Don't You Care That I'm Drowning?

    book
    04/29/20
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    In our liquid world, strung out on the meth of evil, full of poor souls fighting to stay afloat, where are you, O God? Don't you care that we are perishing?
    God, Don't You Care That I'm Drowning?

  5. People Aren’t Downgraded to Angels When They Die

    book
    04/22/20
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    When Christians die, heaven does not “get another angel.” We cannot become angels any more than we can become giraffes or ocean waves or stars. We are people and will remain so after this present life. God did not make a mistake when he made us human.
    People Aren’t Downgraded to Angels When They Die

  6. Spoiler Alert

    book
    04/21/20
    6 mins
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    By Jake Allstaedt
    Spoiler alert! Jesus rose from the grave with the assurance that all believers will rise bodily with Him on the Last Day. And truth be told, Easter wasn't the first spoiler.
    Spoiler Alert

  7. Where Do We Go When We Fall Asleep For the Last Time?

    book
    03/19/20
    11 mins
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    By Brandon Hanson
    Shaking off our sleep, bright and clear, we will open our eyes and huge smiles will come over our faces as we see the familiar faces of so many friends.
    Where Do We Go When We Fall Asleep For the Last Time?

  8. I Can’t Wait to Get out of Heaven

    book
    03/03/20
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    When talking about God’s ultimate destination for us, we’ve grown sloppy in our language, nearsighted in our gaze, and un-Easter in our hope. We act and speak as if dying and going to heaven is what the faith is all about. It is most emphatically not.
    I Can’t Wait to Get out of Heaven

  9. Will There Be Animals in Heaven?

    book
    09/27/19
    10 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    As our first parents had a bond with the animals, as Noah had animals with him in the reboot of creation after the flood, so after this old creation comes to an end, we will enjoy a new creation that includes animals.
    Will There Be Animals in Heaven?

  10. 1980's NYC and the Feast to Come

    book
    09/23/19
    37 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    It is freezing, and I am stunned. I had learned about homelessness in school and seen it in movies but to see the way the Mole People lived.
    1980's NYC and the Feast to Come

  11. Faith Alone: Death Itself Will Be Undone

    book
    09/09/19
    12 mins
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    By Jordan Spina
    I had been taught and believed in a God who is love, but as I walked outside that night I did not see him. I saw the stars and I felt their indifference.
    Faith Alone: Death Itself Will Be Undone

  12. How Can a Blind Man Thank God for His Eyes?

    book
    06/19/19
    10 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    We’re messed up people with messed up bodies. All of us. Even Miss America gets hemorrhoids. The Fall mocks us in our own skin. We’re all walking sermons.
    How Can a Blind Man Thank God for His Eyes?
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