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Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur

  1. Navigating Life Under Christ's Sufficiency: A Review of The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School

    book
    10/25/21
    16 mins
    Valerie Thur
    While the insights in each chapter are uniquely personal to the individual writers, the overarching theme is one of the sufficiency of Christ.

  2. Martha: Herald of the Gospel

    book
    10/07/21
    15 mins
    Valerie Thur
    Martha’s pain is not met by a to-do list. Jesus’ reply is not that she should try harder or change her behavior

  3. Christ's Words of Comfort: John 16:33

    book
    04/09/21
    15 mins
    Valerie Thur
    The cross is not some mystic metaphor for the change we must undergo before our self-realization, but the earth-shattering event that changed the course of eternity.

  4. I'll be Home for Epiphany

    book
    01/06/21
    15 mins
    Valerie Thur
    This year, I’m more excited for Epiphany than I am for Christmas.

  5. To Us a Child is Born: Everlasting Father

    book
    12/15/20
    12 mins
    Valerie Thur
    The well-meaning advice “time heals all wounds” is offensively false when we confront the overwhelming evidence that the constants in our lives are death, taxes, and suffering.

  6. What Diet Coke Taught Me About Pentecost

    book
    05/29/20
    15 mins
    Valerie Thur
    Our use–or disuse–of language reveals a deeper need than a bubbly carbonated soda. It highlights a gift given and a gift fallen, and it leaves us thirsting for a gift restored.

  7. How to Suffer Well

    book
    01/31/20
    16 mins
    Valerie Thur
    Your faith is not dependent on whether or not you suffer well. Your faith is dependent on the fact that Christ did.

  8. The End is in Sight

    book
    12/26/19
    15 mins
    Valerie Thur
    We think that if we are good enough, brave enough, or at least if we try hard enough, we will be someone who can be both fully known and fully loved.

  9. Why Real Conversation is Important for Apologetics

    book
    08/30/19
    13 mins
    Valerie Thur
    When disagreements break out we unfriend, unfollow, and unburden our minds by surrounding ourselves with only the right sorts of people.

  10. Killed the Word

    book
    08/12/19
    13 mins
    Valerie Thur
    Mere confrontation in the form of, “What you’re doing is wrong—you need to change yourself,” can never solve the root of our problem.

  11. Three Words and the Truth

    book
    07/08/19
    14 mins
    Valerie Thur
    “I love you” is great, as long as whatever commitment I may or may not be intimating is mutually beneficial and causes the least amount of emotional strain to me.

  12. Speak His Name

    book
    05/07/19
    15 mins
    Valerie Thur
    The wizard stares into Billy Batson’s eyes. “Speak my name so my powers may flow through you.”
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