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Nov 18, 2023 • 14min

Order and Beauty: A Little Theology of Christian Writing

Greg Morse | The craft of Christian writing obsesses over reality, arranges truth with care, quests for fitting phrases — and stands ever enthralled by the One above all words.
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Nov 15, 2023 • 13min

Romance Can Ruin You: How a Relationship Becomes a God

Marshall Segal | Romance can be a friend and an ally, or an enemy and a terror. It can point us to the Love we were made for, or it can leave us lovesick forever.
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Nov 12, 2023 • 10min

Apologetic of the Heart: Why Costly Love Captures Us

Jon Bloom | Even when arguments don’t win the mind, love may win the heart. Dying sacrifices speak to our deepest hopes and draw out our highest admiration.
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Nov 11, 2023 • 14min

Single Men with Many Sons: How to Be a Spiritual Father

Scott Hubbard | What might happen in the church if even single men increasingly thought of themselves as spiritual fathers for younger men?
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Nov 8, 2023 • 13min

Children Caught in the Crossfire: The Tragedy of Same-Sex ‘Adoption’

Greg Morse | When a society makes room for homosexual lust, the disorder ripples throughout that society, even to the youngest and most vulnerable.
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Nov 5, 2023 • 11min

We Have Sinned and Grown Old: Seeing Through Six-Year-Old Eyes

Marshall Segal | What does it say about us that as we grow older, we often lose our ability to notice and enjoy the brilliance and creativity of God in all that he’s made?
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Nov 4, 2023 • 12min

Jesus Is Better Than Working for Jesus

David Mathis | What joy could be greater than seeing the lost saved, the saints sanctified, and the kingdom of darkness destroyed? The joy of having your own name written in heaven.
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Nov 1, 2023 • 12min

The Spiritual Discipline of Sky: How the Heavens Shape a Heart

Scott Hubbard | When was the last time you stopped, looked up, and stared at the sky? A song of glory resounds. A heaven of wonders awaits.
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Oct 31, 2023 • 14min

Real Protestants Keep Reforming

David Mathis | The Reformation began in 1517, but you will search in vain for an end date. The work continues as each generation, standing upon the shoulders of others, comes to drink for themselves at the headwaters of God’s own word.
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Oct 28, 2023 • 9min

‘The Shadow Proves the Sunshine’ How to See God in Spiritual Darkness

Jon Bloom | “The shadow proves the sunshine.” Those lyrics are a profound window into reality, and might help lead someone out of the shadows of spiritual darkness.

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