1. The Name of Jesus

    book
    12/30/21
    7 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    While the world and other religions might be fine with considering him everything but, the foremost thing our Jesus came to be and still remains is Jesus, Savior.
    The Name of Jesus

  2. A Two-Faced Look at the Coming New Year

    book
    12/30/21
    13 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Buried deep in our human psyche, there seems to be more than a need—almost a necessity—to celebrate the arrival of a new year. It’s like an unspoken, unlegislated cultural demand, as instinctual as moving to music or smiling at a newborn. Why? What deep human need is at work here?
    A Two-Faced Look at the Coming New Year

  3. Thanksgiving Every Sunday

    book
    11/27/21
    9 mins
    read
    By Pete Lange
    Is it possible to celebrate Thanksgiving every time we come together as God’s people as well?
    Thanksgiving Every Sunday

  4. The Family Table

    book
    11/25/21
    14 mins
    read
    By Tyler Cronkright
    We give thanks to the Father who has made a way for us to sit at his table.
    The Family Table

  5. The Lord’s Thanksgiving

    book
    11/24/21
    8 mins
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    By Zack James Cole
    In the Lord’s Thanksgiving Supper, we are not served turkey, green bean casserole, and cornbread. We are served Christ.
    The Lord’s Thanksgiving

  6. Offering the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

    book
    11/22/21
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    That's how true faith talks. It doesn't talk about itself. It says "Thank you!" to the one who gives healing and salvation.
    Offering the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

  7. On Demystifying the Church

    book
    11/13/21
    12 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    The church is the only place God promises to lift us out of ourselves not in order to become more like God but so that we may finally be freed from our obsession with becoming little gods.
    On Demystifying the Church

  8. What the 'Dad's on Duty' can teach us about God the Father

    book
    11/05/21
    11 mins
    read
    By Scott Keith
    Our experience with good fathers – even when they are not our own – can point us to God the Father.
    What the 'Dad's on Duty' can teach us about God the Father

  9. A Theology of Children

    book
    10/02/21
    9 mins
    read
    By Nicholas Kallis
    The entrance of children into the world reminds our world of the hope of redemption in Genesis 3:15.
    A Theology of Children

  10. Good Words, Bad Words

    book
    09/27/21
    22 mins
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    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    The goal of language in the mouth of a Christian isn’t to hold power for ourselves but to give it.
    Good Words, Bad Words

  11. Leah: Waking up with the Wrong Sister

    book
    09/16/21
    15 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Rachel was the beloved wife, to be sure, but she was not the maternal link between Eve and Mary. That blessed position belonged to Leah.
    Leah: Waking up with the Wrong Sister

  12. Free Indeed

    book
    09/13/21
    22 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    Jesus’s freedom is different. It isn’t meant to indicate that the moorings which tether men and women to what is true, beautiful, and holy are unfastened, liberating them to do anything they please.
    Free Indeed
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