1. Redefining True Love: A Review of Jared Wilson's Love Me Anyway

    book
    10/21/21
    11 mins
    read
    By Kelsi Klembara
    Wilson reminds his reader over and over again that, in his love, God accepts sinners as they are so that we may be delivered from the self-acceptance, self-worship, and self-justification of our selfish definitions of love.
    Redefining True Love: A Review of Jared Wilson's Love Me Anyway

  2. Can Body Positivity Overcome Our Bodies of Death?

    book
    08/19/21
    21 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    As the body positivity movement has gained traction, we must also be aware of some of its pitfalls
    Can Body Positivity Overcome Our Bodies of Death?

  3. Rainbows as the Color and Shape of Salvation

    book
    06/09/21
    15 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    That a celestial phenomenon should be appropriated worldwide for iconic value or to illustrate a mythological legend makes perfect sense. One cannot copyright the rainbow.
    Rainbows as the Color and Shape of Salvation

  4. God in the Arena

    book
    05/20/21
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Sin, death, and Satan may have had more than a puncher's chance to beat us, but when God stepped into the ring, they should have admitted defeat and thrown in the towel.
    God in the Arena

  5. Dying to the Law to Live to God

    book
    02/27/21
    11 mins
    read
    By Kevin Hale
    When we stop looking to Christ in faith, we are walking in sin. Anything (including our supposed law-keeping) that does not proceed from faith is sin.
    Dying to the Law to Live to God

  6. Man, Woman, and the First Sin

    book
    02/23/21
    13 mins
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    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    Yes, Adam and Eve both participated in sin. This was a joint effort of the two genders of mankind. They are both sinners. But the first sin wasn't letting the serpent in the garden.
    Man, Woman, and the First Sin

  7. The Cancel Culture of Grace

    book
    01/20/21
    9 mins
    read
    By Craig Donofrio
    When God cancels you, it is an occasion for all of the canceled who are in heaven and earth to rejoice in that one more is added to our number.
    The Cancel Culture of Grace

  8. My Deepest Awareness of Myself

    book
    01/07/21
    4 mins
    read
    By Brennan Manning
    My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
    My Deepest Awareness of Myself

  9. What Does God Get?

    book
    10/22/20
    14 mins
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    By Dominick Santore
    We need to remember that we belong to God by Grace Alone. It’s not by our best works. Not by the sweat of our brow, it’s not even by our best attempts to repent.
    What Does God Get?

  10. On Grace for the Outcasts

    book
    09/21/20
    17 mins
    read
    By Bradley Gray
    There is not a soul who crosses the threshold of the sanctuary who is excluded from the message of the gospel of forgiveness.
    On Grace for the Outcasts

  11. The Gospel in the Way, Way Back

    book
    09/04/20
    14 mins
    read
    By Ryan Cosgrove
    The gospel fires up within us the gratitude, joy, and love to pull off what the law never could get us to do.
    The Gospel in the Way, Way Back

  12. The Giver God

    book
    08/14/20
    5 mins
    read
    By Norman Nagel
    As we live as the children of the Father of lights, the giver God, he will keep on pouring out his gifts, and they will overwhelm us more and more.
    The Giver God
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