1. 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?

  2. The Fifth Beatitude: The Most Surprising Act of Grace

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    07/22/21
    14 mins
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    By Haroldo Camacho
    Jesus did not need a single act of mercy to get him started on the road to mercy, his essence was by nature merciful.
    The Fifth Beatitude: The Most Surprising Act of Grace

  3. A Lamp in a Dark World

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    07/21/21
    23 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Through the often abominable and lamentable and occasional commendable season, there is one who remains unmoved by it all.
    A Lamp in a Dark World

  4. That's A Good Question: Is God Responsible for Death?

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    07/19/21
    12 mins
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    By Steven A. Hein
    We do not have to endure the pain and suffering of this fallen existence forever, just for a little while.
    That's A Good Question: Is God Responsible for Death?

  5. 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?

  6. Fathers

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    06/29/21
    7 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    We can not give our Heavenly Father anything that will make him love us more or less. He gives and we receive.
    Fathers

  7. The First Beatitude: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

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    06/24/21
    13 mins
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    By Haroldo Camacho
    “Poverty of spirit” is not an ethical value we strive for. It is an act of God’s mercy spoken to the deepest recesses of our soul when it’s overwhelmed by God’s grace.
    The First Beatitude: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

  8. Rainbows as the Color and Shape of Salvation

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    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

  9. The Answer to Our Longings: The Holy Trinity

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    05/29/21
    12 mins
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    By Edward Killian
    The one true God has revealed himself as the answer to the longings of every human heart. The search has ended. He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Holy, Holy, Holy.
    The Answer to Our Longings: The Holy Trinity

  10. Faith in a Sea of Unbelief

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    05/26/21
    9 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    God bestows faith that it should deal not with ordinary things, but with things no human being can master such as death, sin, the world, and Satan.
    Faith in a Sea of Unbelief

  11. A King Greater Than Solomon and a Place Better Than the Temple

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    05/21/21
    25 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    You and I have a God who pardons all our wrongdoing by taking all of them onto himself. He doesn’t zap us into oblivion at the first sign of rebellion.
    A King Greater Than Solomon and a Place Better Than the Temple

  12. God in the Arena

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    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
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