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From the blog this week: When It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas Born of Encouragement “For discipleship to be healthy among our churches, we need to rediscover Barnabas’s role and become sons and daughters of encouragement.” 10 Key Bible Verses on God’s Sovereignty “When life feels out of control, it can be comforting to remember that…
From the blog this week: Favorite Reads of 2020. A collection of links from the web: Thomas Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible “Jefferson…took for himself the liberty of editing the Gospels. He cut them up, using a sharp knife to excise what he saw as the problematic parts of the sacred text.” Goodnight Till…
A collection of links from around the web: A Family Update Four Weeks After Our Worst Day “We are okay. At least, I think we are. To be honest, I don’t really know how to judge that, or even what it really means. But I think it’s true. We’re badly broken, but somehow okay.” Why…
A collection of links from around the web to encourage your growth in grace! 2020 Will Not Be Wasted “But 2020 will not be wasted because God does not waste experiences. If you have been united to Christ, then there is not one moment of 2020 that you can describe as worthless. The mundane, the…
A collection of links from around the web: How to Biblically Defend the Sanctity of Life “God placed a higher premium on protecting the life of the unborn child and the pregnant mother than protecting the life of anybody else in Israelite society.” What Does it Mean that God Chose Us Before the Foundation of…
Stop Ignoring Toxic Leadership in the Church “As the world experiences more Christian leaders living and leading authentically with greater humility and integrity (not perfection), we believe more people outside the faith will “taste and see that the LORD is good” (Psalm 34:8). How Progressive Christianity Preaches Another Gospel “What would cause someone to run…
Check out these links from around the web: Not Empty Handed: God’s Gift in My Recurrent Pregnancy Loss “Though my womb was left empty after losing my three sweet babies, I was not left empty-handed. Our good Father gives us many good gifts, even—especially—in our grief, as I am learning.” A Wasted Life or a…
Check out these links from around the web: Why the Reformation Still Matters “And that was why the Reformation gave people such a taste for sermons and Bible reading. For, to be able to read God’s words and to see in them such good news that God saves sinners, not on the basis of how…
From the blog this week: True, Lasting Refreshment Lies People Believe About Reformed Theology (part 1) “Some people love it, others deeply despise it. I’ve learned over the years since embracing the doctrines held within it, that much of the rejection of Reformed Theology is rooted in misunderstandings regarding what it teaches.” This is an…
The End of the World As We Know It A helpful infographic on the different views of the end times. 6 Gospel-Centered Leadership Values Six things we should look for in church leaders. How to Thrive Through Transition “If you and I want strong faith, we must have a strong commitment to our local church….