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Sep 1, 2022 • 11min

Why Bread and Wine? Enjoying the Meal Above All Meals

Scott Hubbard | If you want to taste more of Jesus’s love in the Lord’s Supper, take a closer look at the meaning of the bread and the wine.
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Aug 31, 2022 • 9min

Be Comforted in Your Smallness

Joe Rigney | Does one of your callings in life feel overwhelming? Let C.S. Lewis help you take comfort in your smallness.
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Aug 28, 2022 • 11min

Breakfast of Pastors: How God Feeds and Keeps Spiritual Leaders

David Mathis | How do you find your legs for life and leadership each day? God has given us a golden, well-worn, surprisingly ancient path for daily stability, clarity, and strength.
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Aug 25, 2022 • 11min

A Little Theology of Dinosaurs

Scott Hubbard | If dinosaurs could preach, what might they say? Trust the God of wisdom. Fear the God of power. Praise the God of wonders.
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Aug 22, 2022 • 11min

O Beard, Where Art Thou?

Greg Morse | Beards are no prerequisite for godly manhood. In days like ours, though, they can be a symbol for it.
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Aug 21, 2022 • 10min

The Spiritual Gift of a Closed Door: How Waiting Serves Ministry

Marshall Segal | Why might God give a man an ambition to lead, and the character to lead, and yet withhold certain opportunities to lead? Because unwanted waiting can be some of the best preparation for ministry.
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Aug 19, 2022 • 12min

Other Billy Graham ‘Rules’? The Modesto Proposal

David Mathis | The infamous “Billy Graham Rule” is not actually a rule, but a resolution — and just one of four that the evangelist made in 1948.
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Aug 17, 2022 • 12min

What Does Disunity Say? Three Common Types of Division

Jon Bloom | Not all divisions are created equal in the church. Some arise from the flesh. Some enter through differences in maturity. Others are necessary to distinguish the false from the real.
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Aug 15, 2022 • 12min

Our Gentle and Terrifying God: How Justice Holds Out Mercy

Marshall Segal | We will not feel the full weight of God’s mercy toward us if we downplay or ignore the fury of his justice.
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Aug 14, 2022 • 10min

Martyr or Madman? The Unnerving Faith of Ignatius

Greg Morse | What person would not only submit to martyrdom, but would embrace it, relish it, and even eagerly long for it? Ignatius of Antioch.

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