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  1. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

    book
    03/17/23
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

  2. Working for a Generous God

    book
    03/15/23
    8 mins
    By Jason Oakland
    Sunshine and rain, food and harvests, family, friends, and health, love and joy. All these things and more he gives, not because of what you do or don’t do, but because he is generous and gracious.
    Working for a Generous God

  3. The Parable of the Sower

    book
    03/14/23
    9 mins
    By Wade Johnston
    We can’t predict the harvest. We can only sow.
    The Parable of the Sower

  4. The Fragrance of Faithful Ministry

    book
    03/13/23
    30 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).
    The Fragrance of Faithful Ministry

  5. Why the Church Is Theologically Conservative

    book
    03/10/23
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
    Why the Church Is Theologically Conservative

  6. What Nature Reveals About Ourselves and Our Creator

    book
    03/09/23
    10 mins
    By Adam Francisco
    Some explanations are better than others, but they remain our explanations—except if we had some perspective from outside, above, and behind nature.
    What Nature Reveals About Ourselves and Our Creator

  7. Forgive Your Parents

    book
    03/08/23
    9 mins
    By Michael Berg
    Unprompted, without any warning, for no reason at all, without any instigation say, "I love you." And that will wash over your parents like a beautiful absolution.
    Forgive Your Parents

  8. And I Will Give You Rest

    book
    03/07/23
    25 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
    And I Will Give You Rest

  9. You Are Light

    book
    03/06/23
    13 mins
    By Wade Johnston
    I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
    You Are Light

  10. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

    book
    03/03/23
    10 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

  11. True Contentment

    book
    03/02/23
    14 mins
    By Michael Berg
    I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.
    True Contentment

  12. Understanding Righteousness and Lent with Bonhoeffer

    book
    03/01/23
    20 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    As disciples of Jesus, our righteousness cannot be performed before others, because our righteousness was already performed by Jesus.
    Understanding Righteousness and Lent with Bonhoeffer

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