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Joy changes everything, because God is most glorified in us when are most satisfied in him.
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Prayer to God includes our praises, confessions, thanksgivings, and requests. Because of Christ, he is listening.
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Not only has God revealed himself by speaking, but he put it in a book for us to access whenever we desire.
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A Vast and Vibrant Loveliness: Why God Will Never Be Boring

A Vast and Vibrant Loveliness

Why God Will Never Be Boring

Nov 22, 2020
We will never imagine that God is greater than he actually is. The greatness of God is unsearchable, immeasurable, always better than we imagine.
Marshall Segal
Nov 22, 2020
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God Is More Than ‘God’: Why He Loves to Be Called Father

God Is More Than ‘God’

Why He Loves to Be Called Father

Nov 21, 2020
If you are a Christian, you have more than a God and Lord. Through Jesus, you have a Father.
Scott Hubbard
Nov 21, 2020
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The Doctrines of Race: A Call to Make Christ Central

The Doctrines of Race

A Call to Make Christ Central

Nov 20, 2020
In Christ is real and true reconciliation, already achieved, ready to be applied. Apart from him, human reconciliation will be thin, partial, and short-lived.
David Mathis
Nov 20, 2020
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The Problem with Ending Racism

The Problem with Ending Racism

Nov 19, 2020
If we leave Christ behind in our march against racism, we abandon the only real hope we have for change.
Greg Morse
Nov 19, 2020
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Our Welcome to Heaven: Meeting the Great High Priest in Hebrews

Our Welcome to Heaven

Meeting the Great High Priest in Hebrews

Nov 18, 2020
After offering his finished work once for all, Christ sat down at the right hand of the Father, where he now intercedes on the basis of his offering.
Bobby Jamieson
Nov 18, 2020
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But Have You Prayed?

But Have You Prayed?

Nov 17, 2020
Some things will not change, things we desperately want to change, unless we humble ourselves, kneel, and plead with our Father in heaven.
Marshall Segal
Nov 17, 2020
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One Race United in Christ: How Justification Destroys Ethnic Division

One Race United in Christ

How Justification Destroys Ethnic Division

Nov 16, 2020
We cannot love justification by faith alone without also loving ethnic harmony. Justification is God’s way of making all his people one in Christ.
Julius Kim
Nov 16, 2020
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Giving Is the Greatest Wealth
Giving Is the Greatest Wealth

Giving Is the Greatest Wealth

Nov 15, 2020
In God’s gracious economy of joy, those who give the most get the most — but not the kind of wealth we might expect.
Jon Bloom
Nov 15, 2020

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When God Swears by God

John Piper
“Could it be that farther along some of our most determined paths are dangers we cannot now see?”
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John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Providence.

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