1. Offering the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

    book
    11/22/21
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    That's how true faith talks. It doesn't talk about itself. It says "Thank you!" to the one who gives healing and salvation.
    Offering the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

  2. When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

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    11/11/21
    14 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    We won’t use the right words, but the Holy Spirit is interceding with and for us, as we pray.
    When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

  3. What the 'Dad's on Duty' can teach us about God the Father

    book
    11/05/21
    11 mins
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    By Scott Keith
    Our experience with good fathers – even when they are not our own – can point us to God the Father.
    What the 'Dad's on Duty' can teach us about God the Father

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

    book
    10/21/21
    11 mins
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    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

  5. Running from Rest

    book
    10/13/21
    9 mins
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    By Blake Flattley
    Christ has taken our failures and defeats and exchanges that yoke for his own.
    Running from Rest

  6. A Theology of Children

    book
    10/02/21
    9 mins
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    By Nicholas Kallis
    The entrance of children into the world reminds our world of the hope of redemption in Genesis 3:15.
    A Theology of Children

  7. Good Words, Bad Words

    book
    09/27/21
    22 mins
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    By Gretchen Ronnevik
    The goal of language in the mouth of a Christian isn’t to hold power for ourselves but to give it.
    Good Words, Bad Words

  8. Hannah: What to Do With Weakness?

    book
    09/09/21
    10 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    This is the second installment in our series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus.
    Hannah: What to Do With Weakness?

  9. Life as a Cigarette

    book
    09/04/21
    20 mins
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    By Bror Erickson
    The grass withered for them too, but they held on to God’s Word. They knew that was eternal, so they lived in it. They lived in his forgiveness.
    Life as a Cigarette

  10. Bernard of Clairvaux: Theologian of Love

    book
    08/20/21
    14 mins
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    By Sam Leanza Ortiz
    This spiritual giant of the Middle Ages is worth considering on this anniversary of his death.
    Bernard of Clairvaux: Theologian of Love

  11. Eat and Drink

    book
    08/04/21
    10 mins
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    By Cindy Koch
    God will give you more than you can handle. But he doesn’t leave you alone. Not at all.
    Eat and Drink

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

    book
    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
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