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Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) It’s easy to believe that if something is academic, it must lack vitality and energy, or perhaps even spirituality. When we apply the idea of “studying” to the Bible, we cringe at […]
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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
3 Reasons I Don’t Drink Alcohol (and 1 Reason You Still Can) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesFor many, each month is a paycheck-to-paycheck kind of survival. A lack of money often serves as a wonderful time to put our faith in Christ to provide what we need. We learn the value of prayer because we are in a place where we must accept that, without God, we can simply do nothing
Do You Have Enough Faith to Be Rich? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutesOur culture has become increasingly driven by emotion. We love by emotion, and a fading emotion means a fading love. We value ourselves based on how we feel, constantly needing to pursue pleasure in order to give our lives worth. Yet when God speaks about our hearts, He is speaking about so much more than
Let’s Talk About Your Heart Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 9 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) History is filled with stories of those who came to Christ after first being convinced of God’s necessary existence. Likewise, there are many who have fallen away because it made more sense
Arguments For (and Against) God’s Existence Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) There may be no greater pain than a parent losing their child. We find ourselves in a unique time in history where not only are parents losing their children through no fault
Do Babies Go to Heaven? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) Last month, the Christian community was forced to confront the reality of suicide once again after Jarrid Wilson, a pastor, took his life (link). Since then there has been a barrage of
Can a Genuine Christian Commit Suicide? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen tragedy strikes, we have several Bible verses we like to quote to bring comfort to ourselves and others. A popular one Christians like to use is “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” And while the Bible does use those words, the self-empowerment we try to gain from that verse often falls
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Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes[This is also available on YouTube and a podcast on your favorite Apple or Google app] When watching people debate homosexuality and the Bible, it’s inevitable that certain parts of the Bible will be used by each side. For those who believe that homosexuality is compatible with what is taught in the New Testament, Galatians
Galatians 3:28 and Homosexuality Read More »
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
Do You Lack a “Fruit of the Spirit”? Read More »