1. Nothing But the Blood

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    12/13/21
    31 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Your Christian faith is a bloody faith, and that ought not make you fearful or scared or embarrassed.
    Nothing But the Blood

  2. Don't You Know My Own Story?

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    12/11/21
    7 mins
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    By Haroldo Camacho
    He also took our own history and suffered all the agony and pain of our own lives.
    Don't You Know My Own Story?

  3. Implications of the Incarnation: The Incarnation is New Creation

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    12/03/21
    14 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    Each week during this year’s Advent series, we will take a look at a specific implication of Christ’s incarnation. This week, we will discover how God reaffirms the goodness of his creation by making all things new in the incarnation.
    Implications of the Incarnation: The Incarnation is New Creation

  4. The Days Are Coming

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    12/02/21
    12 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    “The days are coming,” and God said it. God, who kept his promise that Christ would come at Christmas.
    The Days Are Coming

  5. Advent's Double Helix

    book
    12/01/21
    6 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    There is no other transitionary event in human history that warrants three full months of focused attention and persistent acknowledgment than the incarnation of the Son of God.
    Advent's Double Helix

  6. Jehoram, Jehoshaphat, and Jesus

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    11/23/21
    23 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The Word of Yahweh is not a trifling thing that can be visited only when it’s convenient. It’s a book of life, for all of life, that imparts life to those who believe in it and the God of it.
    Jehoram, Jehoshaphat, and Jesus

  7. Offering the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

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    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

  8. A Tale of Two Cities

    book
    11/20/21
    31 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    The youths that mock Elisha are representative of Israel’s collective contempt and disregard for all things relating to their One True God.
    A Tale of Two Cities

  9. The Beatitudes are Ridiculous

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    11/15/21
    17 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Look the judge in the eye and pin your sin on Jesus, the divine judge’s son. Jesus knows you can’t do it, so he trades places with you and pits himself against God’s righteous demands.
    The Beatitudes are Ridiculous

  10. Reformation Day: Cancerous Tumors and a 7th c. Prophet

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    11/01/21
    8 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    What do Habakkuk and Israel have? Nothing but the word of God. Nothing but the promise of God. Nothing but God himself.
    Reformation Day: Cancerous Tumors and a 7th c. Prophet

  11. Did God Have Something Against Cowboys? Biblical Warnings about Trust in Horses

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    10/28/21
    14 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Why would God warn his people not to trust in horses? Let's take a look at the ancient Near East to see how horses were connected to sun worship and military muscle. Along the way, let's see how the "Name of God" is another title for the Son of God.
    Did God Have Something Against Cowboys? Biblical Warnings about Trust in Horses

  12. The Tragedy of an Incidental Christ

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    10/28/21
    10 mins
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    By Edward Killian
    The tragedy of the incidental Christ I was raised with is that he was really no Savior at all.
    The Tragedy of an Incidental Christ
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