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Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesJosh Harris is a former pastor best known for his book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” Through that book the lesser-known idea of courtship, and the importance of purity, was reintroduced to the world. Yet in recent years Josh has shown a steady departure from his book, finally announcing that he has abandoned the Christian faith. […]
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Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) The title of this article is how I first realized I didn’t know how to read the Bible. I could quote it, I could tell others what I was told it said, but I
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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.) Over the past 4 years, I think it’s safe to say I’ve become acquainted with pain. On the popular 0-10 Pain Scale used in the medical field, I spend the majority of
3 Ways to Pray for Someone in Pain Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesThere’s nothing that keeps a parent awake at night like the fear of their child’s eternal destiny. So often, and so easily, we will see our unsaved child and find all the ways we’ve failed them. If we’d just done this or hadn’t said that, they might be serving God today. The goal of this
Finding Comfort When Your Child Isn’t Saved Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesAs Christians, it can be difficult to know what our lives should look like. With a world so different than that of the New Testament writers, how do we reconcile our culture, technology, and society with the example we see from 2,000 years ago? Fortunately, there’s a place where timeless, practical truths are laid out
Why You Should Read James Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s been a long journey, so let’s try to wrap up some final thoughts left on the cutting room floor from the main part of this series. If you missed it, make sure you check out Part 1! OT Sabbath-breaking wasn’t absolute In part 3 we discussed what it means that Christ is “Lord of
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Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter three articles discussing how Christians relate to the Sabbath today (see parts 1, 2, and 3), you’d think I’d have exhausted the topic. But not so! Despite the thoroughness of each article, I still went through during the editing process and cut out several topics that, while interesting, weren’t necessary for the point being
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Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) This series started in an unusual place. Most would expect a Christian to hit the topic of abortion directly from the Bible. However, it was important for us to establish that the
Bibically Human (Is a Baby Just a Fetus?Part 4) Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Android podcast app.) We all find moments where we love sin more than God. Our broken world is constantly encouraging us to indulge in these desires, insisting they’re good because they make us happy. Yet
Don’t Waste Your Temptation Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesOur words have a profound impact on our relationship with our spouse. Not just the words we say to them, but the things we say about them. What we say about our spouse tells everyone who they truly are. It tells our spouse how they measure up, it tells other people what to think of
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