1. Creedal Thanksgiving

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    11/25/20
    7 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Because everything we possess, and everything in heaven and on earth besides, is daily given, sustained, and protected by God, it inevitably follows that we are in duty bound to love, praise, and thank him without ceasing
    Creedal Thanksgiving

  2. Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

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    11/24/20
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Trusting Jesus, worshipping our Christ, and praising him, we have the blessing of God so that we can give thanks with a grateful heart for everything he gives to us today and always.
    Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

  3. Filled with Thankfulness for the Word of God

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    11/23/20
    9 mins
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    By Sarah Crowder
    Like Luther and like Hannah, we also receive God’s promise.
    Filled with Thankfulness for the Word of God

  4. Reasons to Rejoice in 2020

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    10/28/20
    10 mins
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    By Craig Donofrio
    This earth is not the place where your promise is to be found. Rejoice because the kingdom of God comes to you!
    Reasons to Rejoice in 2020

  5. God, the Preacher and Giving Thanks

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    08/17/20
    8 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    When you don’t know whom to thank, you start thanking yourself. Praise turns inward. This is a double bondage. When you have only yourself to thank, you end up having only yourself to depend upon.
    God, the Preacher and Giving Thanks

  6. Good News for Resolution Failures

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    01/14/20
    10 mins
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    By Ryan Couch
    When we talk about bettering ourselves, we need to realize that a theology of the cross does not militate against this endeavor but that it places it squarely in the horizontal realm.
    Good News for Resolution Failures

  7. It's Too Much

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    01/02/20
    10 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    God has closed the religious gym. We don't have to show up for church determined, this year, finally, to make a change for the better.
    It's Too Much

  8. How to Fail Successfully in 2020

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    12/31/19
    11 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    Rather than making resolutions about how we’re going to accomplish great things in 2020, let's do something different: resolve how to do well at failure.
    How to Fail Successfully in 2020

  9. Embracing Our Limits

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    12/24/19
    13 mins
    read
    By Luke Kjolhaug
    No matter how fast we run—the little Pharisee on our shoulder is still standing there, arms crossed, shaking his head, and telling us we could have done more. We could have done better.
    Embracing Our Limits

  10. Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart... How Hard Can It Be?

    book
    11/28/19
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Thanksgiving is a day set aside for tragi-comic sinners to come together and give thanks for the deliciousness of God's grace in the good news of Jesus Christ.
    Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart... How Hard Can It Be?

  11. A Hebrew Twist on Thanksgiving

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    11/28/19
    7 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Any day of thanksgiving is a confessional day—a day of expressing a short creed that sums up our entire existence: God gives, we receive. Thanksgiving as a day of confession becomes very obvious when we look at it from a Hebrew perspective.
    A Hebrew Twist on Thanksgiving

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

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    06/19/19
    10 mins
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    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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