How to Enjoy Your Crazy Life
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“Enjoying the fruits of your labor is a godly approach, not a godless one. Why? Because it recognizes that God himself gave you your income and material resources for this purpose.” - Thomas Overmiller
“As congregations, we grow in godliness not by hearing one sermon but by hearing a thousand.”
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“We need to believe that God really does work and that he really does work over time. Too often we overestimate the growth we can gain in a week, but underestimate the growth we can gain in a year.” - Challies
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Digital Bibles Help Men Read More But Retain Less
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“Data suggests Christians are unaware of the effect the medium has on the message.” - Christianity Today
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Why We Need a Children’s Book About Death
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“Four years ago, Jonny and I wouldn’t have chosen to read this book to our son, either. We certainly wouldn’t have chosen for its story to become a reality in Ben’s world.” - TGC
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Does “real kingdom work” only happen when we volunteer at church or get paid from a nonprofit organization?
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“ ‘My dream is to one day …quit my job and do real kingdom work.’ …But at the same time, I cringe at the false dichotomy I hear in statements like this. As if ‘real kingdom work’ only takes place when one is volunteering at church or getting a paycheck from a nonprofit organization.” - Daniel Darling
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Bible Minor Class Videos Available for Free Online
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“Cedarville University is now making the courses from its Bible minor program available online at no charge. The first course, Old Testament Literature taught by Dr. Chris Miller, is currently online.” - GARBC
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No, Betsy DeVos’s Trip to a Catholic Elementary School Is Not a Scandal
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“If a Catholic school’s disapproval of sex-change surgeries for elementary-school students is ‘anti-trans,’ what is the alternative that CNN, CBS News, and NBC News have in mind?” - National Review
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On science and scientism
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“Even the decision to embark on the scientific enterprise is underpinned by something preceding the scientific method: the reasonable conviction that there is truth, we can know it, and, above all, that it is good to know the difference between truth and error.” - Acton
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Does Scripture teach that cremation is an acceptable practice for believers?
The use of cremation is a practice that seems to be becoming more common and more accepted among believers. Does Scripture teach that cremation is an acceptable practice for believers?
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Does Scripture teach that cremation is an acceptable practice for believers?
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Love Your Enemies, Even on Social Media
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“Union Seminary’s actions deserve criticism; confessing and praying to plants is full-on paganism and should be named as such. But deserving criticism and even denunciation does not supersede Jesus’ commands to speak and act charitably nor undo Paul’s admonition found in Ephesians 5 where followers of Christ are commanded to ‘walk in love, as Christ loved us.’” - John Ellis
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