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Feb 5, 2023 • 13min

Christ Did Not Please Himself: The Joy of Bearing with Others’ Failings

David Mathis | Christians know ourselves called to love (and keep loving) difficult people. Fewer of us may realize that this hard path is also the path of joy.
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Feb 3, 2023 • 12min

Every Marriage Needs a Mission: Three Steps for Husbands

Scott Hubbard | How can a husband lead his marriage into God-glorifying mission? He might begin by taking three modest steps: dream, draw, and do.
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Jan 26, 2023 • 15min

Does Technology Help or Hurt Dating?

Marshall Segal | Technology can help dating relationships, and technology can hurt them. Unfortunately, many assume the former, while living the latter.
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Jan 23, 2023 • 15min

Be Still, My Soul: A Hymn for the Hardest Losses

Jon Bloom | Some three centuries ago, a hymn appeared that has comforted countless hearts in the deepest pain of grief and loss: “Be Still, My Soul.”
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Jan 22, 2023 • 9min

The Light and Momentary Success of the Wicked

Joe Rigney | Many see how the wicked prosper and abandon the costly path of faith and godliness. If only they could see where each path leads.
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Jan 20, 2023 • 11min

How Not to Pray: Learning from Pharisees and Pagans

Greg Morse | The look-at-me prayer of the Pharisee and the say-more prayer of the pagan both find their cure in the simple Godward sincerity of the Lord’s Prayer.
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Jan 19, 2023 • 14min

The Spiritual Power of Staying Put: Why Christians Are Slow to Leave

Scott Hubbard | In one sense, it’s never been easier to move — to find a new job, a new home, a new church. In another sense, it’s never been better to stay.
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Jan 17, 2023 • 11min

Lovers of Good: Eyes of Hope in a World Gone Bad

David Mathis | Christians believe in good. They look for good. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good.
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Jan 15, 2023 • 11min

Forgive Me and Help Me Forgive: The Lord’s Prayer for Daily Sin

Marshall Segal | Many Christians pray at every meal and often thank God for giving them daily bread. But how many pray as often about forgiveness?
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Jan 12, 2023 • 12min

Begin Where You Are: How to Renew Your Prayer Life

Joe Rigney | C.S. Lewis wrote a book on prayer in which he pens four words that might change your prayer life: “Begin where you are.”

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