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Is Boasting Bad or Good?

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Is Boasting Bad or Good?

1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 3

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Is Motherhood Real Work?

Is Motherhood Real Work?

When we ask expecting moms when they will return to work after baby comes, we might subtly endorse a great lie: motherhood itself is not real, meaningful work.

Simply Divine: Worshiping a God Who Lacks Nothing

Simply Divine: Worshiping a God Who Lacks Nothing

Simply Divine

Worshiping a God Who Lacks Nothing

The self-existent, simple God is the only God who is not lacking. He is the only God who is inherently loving, abundant, and inclined to be gracious.

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Why Do So Many Reject Jesus?

Why Do So Many Reject Jesus?

Why Do So Many Reject Jesus?

When the light of Christ shines upon the darkness of our sin, we either run to Christ as the only covering for our shame, or we run further into darkness.

What Does Disunity Say? Three Common Types of Division

What Does Disunity Say? Three Common Types of Division

What Does Disunity Say?

Three Common Types of Division

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.

When Death Does Us Part: Last Words of a Long Lost Love

When Death Does Us Part

Last Words of a Long Lost Love

When a long and happy marriage finally ends, nothing in this world can quite remove the wound a living spouse carries. But something beyond this world can.

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Who Is Paul’s Joy — Christ or the Church? 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 2

Who Is Paul’s Joy — Christ or the Church? 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 2

Who Is Paul’s Joy — Christ or the Church?

1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 2

Christians not only love Christ; they love what Christ loves. And since Christ loves his church, so do we.

Our Gentle and Terrifying God: How Justice Holds Out Mercy

Our Gentle and Terrifying God

How Justice Holds Out Mercy

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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Who Will Judge the World?

Who Will Judge the World?

Scripture speaks of the Father judging the world, the Son judging the world, and sometimes even the word of Christ judging the world. So, in the end, who will judge?

Martyr or Madman? The Unnerving Faith of Ignatius

Martyr or Madman?

The Unnerving Faith of Ignatius

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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Paul’s Extraordinary Affection for Believers: 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 1

Paul’s Extraordinary Affection for Believers

1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 1

Can Christians love other Christians the way that Christ commands without liking them?

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