1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Law and Gospel in 2 Corinthians 3

    book
    02/01/23
    10 mins
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    By Kevin Hale
    Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
    Law and Gospel in 2 Corinthians 3

  4. I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

    book
    01/27/23
    20 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
    I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

  5. Another Look at the "Loving" Expert on the Law

    book
    01/10/23
    12 mins
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    By Haroldo Camacho
    The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
    Another Look at the

  6. A Toast to the End of Ourselves

    book
    01/02/23
    12 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
    A Toast to the End of Ourselves

  7. Friends in Low Places

    book
    11/17/22
    10 mins
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    By Ryan Couch
    You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
    Friends in Low Places

  8. How to Define Christian Community

    book
    10/25/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
    How to Define Christian Community

  9. 1 John 5:1-4: Faith, Love, & the Family of God

    book
    10/21/22
    11 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
    1 John 5:1-4: Faith, Love, & the Family of God

  10. How Firm Our Foundation

    book
    10/20/22
    28 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
    How Firm Our Foundation

  11. Every Day is a Sabbath

    book
    10/19/22
    9 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
    Every Day is a Sabbath

  12. The Freakonomics of Jesus

    book
    10/17/22
    19 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
    The Freakonomics of Jesus
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