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Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? (Part 4): Why the Church Had to Split

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Approximate Reading Time: 12 minutesUp to this point, we’ve taken a big look at everything that led to the Catholic Church as we saw it in the 1500s, just before it split during the Protestant Reformation. As we’ve seen, it’s clear that the church’s roots in Christianity had been almost lost as sinful men did what they always do […]

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3 Reasons I Don’t Drink Alcohol (and 1 Reason You Still Can)

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Approximate Reading Time: 12 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) When Christians talk about not drinking alcohol, it’s easy to assume it’s because they think it’s forbidden in the Bible, or because they have a bad history with it. However, nowhere in

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Listen to Hebrews Like Never Before

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Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesMany Christians know the frustration of wanting the Bible to come alive, but often feeling distant and detached from what they’re reading. It’s not that we don’t believe what we’re reading, but we feel disconnected from what someone like Paul was saying to a church 2,000 years ago. We study the words, but we can

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Why Did God Allow the Church to Split? Part 3: Catholic Teachings that Went Too Far

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Approximate Reading Time: 8 minutesAs Catholicism spread around the world, gaining both political and religious power, the inevitable happened. By being given the ability to have power, leaders gained a desire to not just maintain that power, but see it continue to grow. Biblical understandings went unchecked, grumblings were met with persecution, and the Bible itself became a tool

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Is It Okay If I Don’t Understand God?

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Approximate Reading Time: 8 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Throughout history, people have been creating their own gods. They’re often humanoid, although animals and spirits have been popular as well. Whatever form they take, these gods are always easy to understand.

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Upcoming articles for the week

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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteStill hurting, but excited to write My chronic pain is still active enough to affect my ability to concentrate. I have several articles I can’t wait to write, but it’s a slower and less-polished process at the moment. However, here are a few articles I have planned for the week. I may not get them

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