1. When You Have An Under-Realized Eschatology

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    09/17/20
    10 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    Everyone dreads what might happen if political control is captured by the enemy. Paranoia is the characteristic feature of this kind of under-realized eschatology.
    When You Have An Under-Realized Eschatology

  2. God, the Preacher and Giving Thanks

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    08/17/20
    8 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    When you don’t know whom to thank, you start thanking yourself. Praise turns inward. This is a double bondage. When you have only yourself to thank, you end up having only yourself to depend upon.
    God, the Preacher and Giving Thanks

  3. The Hell of Bookkeeping

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    06/15/20
    1 min
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    By Robert Farrar Capon
    If the world could have been saved by bookkeeping, it would have been saved by Moses, not Jesus. The law was just fine.
    The Hell of Bookkeeping

  4. God, Don't You Care That I'm Drowning?

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    04/29/20
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    In our liquid world, strung out on the meth of evil, full of poor souls fighting to stay afloat, where are you, O God? Don't you care that we are perishing?
    God, Don't You Care That I'm Drowning?

  5. People Aren’t Downgraded to Angels When They Die

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    04/22/20
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    When Christians die, heaven does not “get another angel.” We cannot become angels any more than we can become giraffes or ocean waves or stars. We are people and will remain so after this present life. God did not make a mistake when he made us human.
    People Aren’t Downgraded to Angels When They Die

  6. Spoiler Alert

    book
    04/21/20
    6 mins
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    By Jake Allstaedt
    Spoiler alert! Jesus rose from the grave with the assurance that all believers will rise bodily with Him on the Last Day. And truth be told, Easter wasn't the first spoiler.
    Spoiler Alert

  7. Where Do We Go When We Fall Asleep For the Last Time?

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    03/19/20
    11 mins
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    By Brandon Hanson
    Shaking off our sleep, bright and clear, we will open our eyes and huge smiles will come over our faces as we see the familiar faces of so many friends.
    Where Do We Go When We Fall Asleep For the Last Time?

  8. I Can’t Wait to Get out of Heaven

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    03/03/20
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    When talking about God’s ultimate destination for us, we’ve grown sloppy in our language, nearsighted in our gaze, and un-Easter in our hope. We act and speak as if dying and going to heaven is what the faith is all about. It is most emphatically not.
    I Can’t Wait to Get out of Heaven

  9. Good News for Resolution Failures

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    01/14/20
    10 mins
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    By Ryan Couch
    When we talk about bettering ourselves, we need to realize that a theology of the cross does not militate against this endeavor but that it places it squarely in the horizontal realm.
    Good News for Resolution Failures

  10. It's Too Much

    book
    01/02/20
    10 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    God has closed the religious gym. We don't have to show up for church determined, this year, finally, to make a change for the better.
    It's Too Much

  11. How to Fail Successfully in 2020

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    12/31/19
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Rather than making resolutions about how we’re going to accomplish great things in 2020, let's do something different: resolve how to do well at failure.
    How to Fail Successfully in 2020

  12. Embracing Our Limits

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    12/24/19
    13 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    No matter how fast we run—the little Pharisee on our shoulder is still standing there, arms crossed, shaking his head, and telling us we could have done more. We could have done better.
    Embracing Our Limits
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