Category: Faith
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Advent Reflections
For 400 years the people of God had waited. “There were no visions, no prophets, no word from Yahweh, only rituals and routines to maintain a connection to the Lord.” Sacrifice after sacrifice, feast after feast, offering after offering, year after year. Could God not have come after 100 years? Or maybe 150? Surely at…
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5 Books to Change Up Devotions for Your Kids This Summer
Are you looking to change things up with your kids this summer? Maybe you’re like us and you’ve read through your children’s Bibles several times over this year already. When I feel like my kids are starting to approach our devotional time at night bored with the same stories, I’ve found it can be really…
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Beyond Ourselves: Making Bible Study a Family Practice
“Family discipleship is leading your family by doing whatever you can whenever you can to help your family become friends and followers of Jesus Christ.” -Matt Chandler by Emily Lehman I was standing in the kitchen trying to clean up the last of the breakfast dishes when the sibling bickering began. It was usually over…
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Psalm 125 Bible Study Guide: Free Download!
Psalm 125 The Lord Surrounds His People Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous,lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to…
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10 Recommended Bible Study Tools (that you’ll actually use)
As I’ve read the Bible over the years, these have been some of my most used and loved tools that have helped deepen my understanding of Scripture. These resources are helpful for anyone, whether you’ve read the Bible for many years or have picked it up for the first time. 1. Bible Gateway Bible Gateway…
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My Bible Reading Plan for 2021 (and why you should make one too)
I became a Christian when I was 17 years old. I don’t remember exactly where I started in my old King James Bible, but I do remember that inductive Bible study – studying the context, meaning, and application verse by verse – caught my interest almost immediately. Books that I had grown up hearing a…
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Advent Reflections
The holidays have a humbling way of showing the true conditions of our hearts don’t they? There’s perhaps no greater time in the year that reveals whether or not we struggle with things like anger, irritation, ingratitude, selfishness, or bitterness than Christmas. The “most joyous time of year” can sometimes feel like the most JOY-LESS time of the…
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