1. 1 John 2:1-11: Lovers and Liars

    book
    08/19/22
    17 mins
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    By Luke Kjolhaug
    Walking in the light doesn't entail a spotless moral record but rather an honest appraisal of who we are.
    1 John 2:1-11: Lovers and Liars

  2. On Losing One's Life

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    08/18/22
    9 mins
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    By Gerhard Forde
    If you are going to lose your life for the gospel’s sake, you must begin by hearing it.
    On Losing One's Life

  3. 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

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

    book
    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

  5. 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

  6. Trusting God in Trial

    book
    08/11/22
    27 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    To “trust in God in trial” means we fight our battles by kneeling and praying to “the Holy One of Israel,” who works out our deliverance by himself.
    Trusting God in Trial

  7. Going Back to Square One

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    08/09/22
    15 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    We bring nothing with us that contributes to the preaching or the hearing of God’s promise to us.
    Going Back to Square One

  8. God is Great, God is Good

    book
    08/08/22
    8 mins
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    By Scott Landrum
    God’s goodness spoke a promise of peace and mercy to the bewildered, a promise that rings out to this day.
    God is Great, God is Good

  9. 1 John 1:1-4: Not "My" Jesus

    book
    08/05/22
    14 mins
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    By Bob Hiller
    There is power in the name of Jesus, and we love to manipulate power for our own ends.
    1 John 1:1-4: Not

  10. 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

  11. Reflections on the Death of Our Son

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    08/04/22
    15 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    On Saturday, July 16, Luke Gabriel Bird died in a hiking accident in Chile. He was a midshipman in the United States Naval Academy. He is our son. Here are some reflections on his life, his faith, and his Lord.
    Reflections on the Death of Our Son

  12. The Gospel of the Crucified Idiot

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    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
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