Month: June 2019
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Fleeing North in the Full Armor of God
When our church offered therapy to traumatized migrants, we witnessed the healing power of Scripture. Traffickers had trapped Mayra, a Honduran woman, and her three children in a southern Mexican…
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How to Live the Bible — Discovery and Our Questions
This is the sixty-fourth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along…
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The Purpose of the World: To Become the Church
Paul on “good works”—and my replies to initial critiques of this series. Let me begin this essay by responding to some critiques of the series up to this point, and…
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NRSV: Scripture Reading Advice for New Followers of Jesus
Renowned for its beautiful balance of scholarship and readability and vetted by Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, and Jewish scholars, the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) faithfully serves the church in…
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John Maxwell Profiles in Leadership: Nehemiah – Ask for Help
This is the twentieth lesson in bestselling author and speaker John Maxwell’s Leadership by the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along…
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Southern Baptists Vote to Name Abuse as Grounds for Expelling Churches
SBC also approves new committee to evaluate member churches. Southern Baptists approved a pair of proposals to strengthen their position against abuse—incremental changes to address the issue that has loomed…
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Bible Reflections: “My God, my God…”
The Dark Night of the Soul Psalm 22 begins as an outcry of tremendous affliction. So much so, that just before Jesus dies on the cross, he appears to quote…
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The Risk of Happiness
An experiment with joy. ‘I don’t trust happiness,” said Mack (played by Robert Duvall) in Tender Mercies after losing his young daughter. These four words rang sadly true, and they…
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John Maxwell Profiles in Leadership: Noah – Make a Difference
This is the nineteenth lesson in bestselling author and speaker John Maxwell’s Leadership by the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along…
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