1. That's a Good Question: When is Baptism Not Valid

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    08/09/21
    16 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    Baptism is always valid because no unrighteousness or faithlessness on our part could ify God’s faithfulness.
    That's a Good Question: When is Baptism Not Valid

  2. That's a Good Question: Are We All Predestined to Either Heaven or Hell?

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    08/02/21
    16 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    The reason the mind is endlessly troubled about God predestining everything is the vague generalization. Generalizations are cold as ice, without the warm Christ.
    That's a Good Question: Are We All Predestined to Either Heaven or Hell?

  3. The Rock of Truth in the Storm of Fake News

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    07/30/21
    22 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The Psalms aren’t the clandestine successes of a faithful soul, but are the journaled hopes of a desperate soul — of one teetering on the edge of oblivion.
    The Rock of Truth in the Storm of Fake News

  4. That's a Good Question: Once Saved, Always Saved?

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    07/12/21
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The acquisition of salvation, the giving of salvation, and the keeping of salvation are entirely dependent upon the Savior himself.
    That's a Good Question: Once Saved, Always Saved?

  5. You Are Not Forgotten

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    06/02/21
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    We prefer God to forgive our sin by not paying attention to it. Then our prayer is not for grace but that God would overlook and wink at us from the sidelines.
    You Are Not Forgotten

  6. Now I lay me down to sleep

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    05/15/21
    18 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    What is it, though, that makes bedtime so fraught with anxiety?
    Now I lay me down to sleep

  7. Fearing the Gospel

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    05/14/21
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Faith isn’t something that needs to be done. It’s something to be enjoyed because faith is a gift bestowed by God’s word through the hearing of the Gospel.
    Fearing the Gospel

  8. What's Your Sign? Birth Charts and Astrology

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    04/26/21
    9 mins
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    By Sarah Crowder
    People are searching for connection, direction, and hope in a troubled world, and we can use their star-shaped questions to point them to the shape of the cross.
    What's Your Sign? Birth Charts and Astrology

  9. Relax, It's Me: How Jesus Saves Us From Doubt and Despair

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    04/22/21
    19 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    For those of us who recognize the disciples’ despair in ourselves, Jesus comes with the same word: “Relax, it’s me. Peace be with you.”
    Relax, It's Me: How Jesus Saves Us From Doubt and Despair

  10. Christ's Words of Comfort: Matthew 11:28-30

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    04/10/21
    5 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    Jesus is proclaiming the good news that he has come to put an end to laboring to be loved by God.
    Christ's Words of Comfort: Matthew 11:28-30

  11. Christ's Words of Comfort: John 16:33

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    04/09/21
    15 mins
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    By Valerie Thur
    The cross is not some mystic metaphor for the change we must undergo before our self-realization, but the earth-shattering event that changed the course of eternity.
    Christ's Words of Comfort: John 16:33

  12. Christ's Words of Comfort: Matthew 5:4

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    04/08/21
    10 mins
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    By Kyle G. Jones
    We will always need comfort until the reign of God, his kingdom, comes in full with Christ’s return, and our suffering and the sin that causes it is no more.
    Christ's Words of Comfort: Matthew 5:4
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