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How Has God Prepared You for Your Purpose?

 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit. There are different ways to serve the same Lord, and we can each do different ...

Grief: Heads Up, Hands Off

Grief doesn’t come with a handbook. There are guidelines, of course — clinical scales that help determine phases of denial, anger, acceptance, and a few others. And while a useful ...

Eternal Perspective or the Black Dot on the String

Perspective can be thought of as the way we think about life. Think about life in terms of its brevity. If eternity were a string of yarn wrapped all the ...

Expectations: The Alluring Illusion of Control

Eye the wisdom of God in all your afflictions. ~ John Flavel Faith Versus Entitlement Whether you are a planner who has your next five to ten years marked out ...

Who Jesus Is

When I was growing up, Madonna once said, “Jesus Christ was like a movie star, my favorite idol of all.”¹ Napoleon Bonaparte went further: “I know men, and I tell ...

A Christmas List

All the promises of God find their Yes in Him. — 2 Corinthians 1:20 ESV Do you remember making a Christmas list when you were young? Whether you mailed it ...

Your Unique Calling

Your Calling We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. — Ephesians 2:10 I had wanted a ...

Who Is the Holy Spirit?

I clicked the play button on the video of a woman sitting in a chair on a stage, microphone in hand, seemingly ready to share something from the Bible to ...

Real Christmas Trees

These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. — Matthew 15:8 Nothing says the holidays quite like a Christmas tree. It’s the centerpiece of ...

God Can Use a Person Whose Heart Is Like This

I heard the voice of the LORD saying,“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” — Isaiah 6:8 Years ago, I ...

What to Do in the Waiting

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. — Acts 16:25 There was a time I felt utterly ...

Who told you that?: Stop Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Am I hard to love? Is there something wrong with me? Will I ever be enough? In tracking down my own sense of unworthiness, I remembered sixteen-year-old Madi, desperate for ...

Who Do You Say That I Am?

Editor’s note: Sean McDowell and John Marriott’s book Set Adrift is for those who are questioning their Christian faith but don’t want to lose it. People all around us are ...

God Is Working While You Wait

Editor’s note: Please join us for the Waiting Here for You Online Bible Study starting 12/4. We’re going to spend the Advent season waiting on Jesus with hope. Sign up ...

You're a Great Mom: The Story of Us

Editor’s Note: Alli Worthington has a new book out — Remaining You While Raising Them — that all moms need. New mothers, young mamas, mothers of teens, all y’all mamas need ...

A Tone of Thanksgiving

I love the LORD, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as ...

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Free Bible Study featuring Lee Strobel

Free Bible Study featuring Lee Strobel

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