1. We Cannot Hack God's Word

    book
    08/16/22
    13 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Our value and our values, our life, our everything is from Jesus Christ given to us as a gift.
    We Cannot Hack God's Word

  2. The Crushed Serpent: the Believer’s Only Hope

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    08/15/22
    24 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    There is only one antidote to the venom of sin and death: the Savior who becomes the serpent so that every snake-bitten-sinner might live.
    The Crushed Serpent: the Believer’s Only Hope

  3. 1 John 1:5-10: The Reality of the Light

    book
    08/12/22
    15 mins
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    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    God is consistently rooting us in reality—both what is seen and unseen—because that is where he is.
    1 John 1:5-10: The Reality of the Light

  4. Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

    book
    08/04/22
    30 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Our comfort in this seemingly endless age of crisis after crisis is the inexhaustible hope of Jesus’s reversal.
    Christ’s Comfort in Our Crisis

  5. The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

    book
    08/02/22
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
    The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

  6. Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

    book
    07/28/22
    10 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Cyril’s fervor for pure explication of the gospel was present throughout his career.
    Church Fathers: Cyril of Alexandria, Saint and Sinner

  7. Calling, Politics, and the City of God

    book
    07/22/22
    10 mins
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    By David Clay
    Finding the balance between indifferentism and obsessiveness has never been easy, and it’s especially difficult in our environment.
    Calling, Politics, and the City of God

  8. A Hospitable God

    book
    07/21/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Sometimes I think we should be more tempted to laugh at the gospel than we are, not in derision but in sheer surprise and awe.
    A Hospitable God

  9. Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

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    07/20/22
    17 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
    Hate and Death Flipped Upside Down

  10. Miniature Death

    book
    07/19/22
    12 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death.
    Miniature Death

  11. A Cloudy Day in the Kingdom

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    07/18/22
    16 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    With Christ as the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, the future is secure already. It’s solid right now, even when the cords seem to be fraying.
    A Cloudy Day in the Kingdom

  12. Having Done All to Stand

    book
    07/14/22
    21 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    History is the painful realization that we aren’t the ones who can save the world but, rather, we’re the ones who get saved.
    Having Done All to Stand
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