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Big Picture Interactive Bible Storybook (book recommendation)

Big Picture Interactive Bible Storybook (book recommendation)

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Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesReading to our children is something we’re all familiar with. Whether it’s a classic like Dr. Seuss or whatever our child picked our at the library, reading to our children gives a bonding experience, teaches them the value of books, and continues to develop their minds. Even if they can’t always understand it, we also […]

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Monday Notes: Patreon Is Live!

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Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNow you can support Onward in the Faith! I’m so thankful to everyone who supports this ministry through prayer. Truly, if God isn’t at the center of this then it means nothing. For those who would like to support this blog financially as well, I’ve opened up an account on Patreon. You can check it

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Is Work a Curse?

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Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesAs Christians, our life and citizenship isn’t here. We aren’t waiting for our best lives now in a broken world so completely drenched in sin. We await a new Heaven and Earth, made as perfect as this was before the Fall. We look forward to our glorified bodies, free from death and frailty. We look

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Beware the Sunk-Cost Fallacy

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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 Android device) As Christians, we want to honor God with our decisions. However, our finite minds can easily make bad decisions without us even realizing it. Today, I’d like to talk about something that often

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Christians and Psychology (Part 3) – What Does It Offer?

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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) We’ve seen that psychology, while having the right intentions, is inherently flawed. It tries to address a being who is both natural and spiritual by only dealing with physical reality. It diagnoses our emotions with no thought to our sin

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Do You Lack a “Fruit of the Spirit”?

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Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) God has gifted all of us uniquely. Some are naturally calm and peaceful, while others can demonstrate patience and mercy that practically defies logic. One may have incredible self-control, while another demonstrates

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Christians and Psychology (Part 2) – Naturally Spiritual

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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) Last time, we discussed the overall goal of psychology, as well as my connection to the field (link). It is a science rooted in the natural world, seeking to find answers for why we feel, act, and react the way

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