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Your North Star

Your relationship with your children... is determined by the law of the harvest, not the last-minute urgency of the final exam . ~ Parenting, p. 5 Welcome Before satellites and GPS, ...

What’s the Best Way for Parents to Discipline Their Children?

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. — Proverbs 22:6 One of Sandra’s most brilliant moments of ...

More Than a Decision

“Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go… You have to ask the question — you have ...

The High Cost of Following Christ

The first character we’re going to talk about in this study is Joseph Caiaphas. If you grew up in church, you probably know him as Caiaphas. He was the high ...

The Integrity Question

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. — Proverbs 10:9Am I Being Honest with Myself… Really? The easiest person to ...

Am I Being Honest with Myself... Really?

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? — Jeremiah 17:9 NIVGood question. Not me.Apparently, nobody.This explains why we’ve all said at some point, ...

The Maturity Question

What is the wise thing to do? What is the wise thing for me to do? We’ve never met, but here’s something I know about you. Your greatest regret…And I’m ...

The Secret Beliefs of Judgmental Christians

I would have made a good Pharisee.I was a good rule keeper. I was a good boy, a good teenager, a good college student. Not only was I good, I ...

Simply Resistible

Modern Bible readers see Jesus as an extension of the Jewish Scriptures, our Old Testament. Jewish leaders in Jesus’ day didn’t see Him as an extension or fulfillment of anything… ...

Who Needs Christmas?: The Story Behind the Story

The story of Christmas doesn’t begin the way you probably think it does. It doesn’t begin with angels announcing the birth of a savior. It doesn’t begin with a young ...

Guardrails: Direct and Protect

We’re all aware of the destructive consequences associated with poor decisions or lapses in judgment. We don’t plan to mess up. But it can easily happen if we try to ...

The Way of Grace: Inviting to the Unrighteous and Threatening to the Self-righteous

When Jesus began His ministry, He found the nation of Israel divided over the issue of personal righteousness; that is, how a person gains and maintains good standing with God. ...

The Story of Grace

Grace.It’s what I crave most when my guilt is exposed. The very thing I’m hesitant to extend when I’m confronted with the guilt of others — especially when their guilt ...

Grace: Getting What We Deserve Least

Twenty years had passed since the time Judah and his brothers sold Joseph into slavery. He had no way of knowing that Joseph had risen above a series of misfortunes ...

The Bible According to Jesus: Fully Filled

The Bible According to Jesus: Fully FilledSo what did Jesus mean when He said He came to fulfill the law? The Greek term translated fulfill is used by both Matthew ...

Why In the World: To Communicate and Demonstrate

Whether or not you’re a Christian, at some point in your life someone probably made a connection in your mind between God and fear. Maybe a Sunday school teacher told ...

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Free Online Bible Study by Margaret Feinberg

Free Online Bible Study by Margaret Feinberg

Let's study James with Margaret Feinberg for 5 weeks! You'll read the entire book of James from start to finish, memorize a verse each week with companion FREE coloring pages for each Scripture, and receive FREE access to 5 study videos by Margaret. Study starts 4/22!