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Are you feeling thankful today? This is the time of year when Christians encourage each other to express gratitude for the blessings in our lives, particularly the ones we often take for granted—for loved ones, for health, for supportive communities. But what if you aren’t feeling especially grateful for those usual things right now? Maybe […]
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Parece que este año fue especialmente turbulento, ¿verdad? Para ser sinceros, al momento que llega la temporada navideña, la mayoría de las veces ya nos sentimos un poco cansados y abrumados. Al terminar el 2016, los cristianos alrededor del mundo fueron desafiados a responder a múltiples actos de terror y violencia. Si usted vive en […]
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Last week, we shared a video about “timelining” Scripture—the practice of organizing the diverse stories of the Bible into a larger narrative to make it easier to see how they all fit together. Did you have a chance to try it out? If not, take a few minutes to watch the video to see how […]
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It feels like it’s been an especially turbulent year, doesn’t it? To be honest, by the time Christmas season rolls around, most years have started to feel a bit exhausting and overwhelming. As 2016 has rolled on, we’ve been challenged to respond to multiple acts of terror and violence, we’ve slogged through a contentious American […]
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Stories are important! We all tell stories to express ourselves to others and learn what it means to be human. And it’s therefore no surprise that the Bible is full of stories—God uses stories to reveal himself to us in ways we can understand and relate to. But sometimes, it’s not clear how all of […]
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Are you anxious about the results of today’s US presidential election? It’s natural to feel a bit nervous about whether or not “your team” will carry the day. As Christians, we know that with God firmly in control, anxiety and worry should not have any controlling hold on our minds. But that’s a truth that […]
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What are Christians supposed to be doing? It’s a seemingly simple question, and you’d think that with our shared faith in an infallible Bible, we Christians would be agreed on the sort of things that we should aim for in life. And to be sure, Christians do agree on what you might call the fundamental […]
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While Halloween is the holiday most people are looking forward to next week, it’s also the 499th anniversary of Martin Luther’s famous nailing of the “95 theses” to the door of the church at Wittenberg. Luther’s actions informed and inspired the Protestant Reformation, which materialized in reaction to perceived theological errors and abuses in the […]
Does your faith need a rehab? Are you going through the motions of religion, but sense that there’s something missing? We’ve just launched a brand-new devotional to help you take that critical step from shallow religion to deep, meaningful faith. It’s a one-week DIY devotional called Seven Days to a Deeper Faith. Seven Days to […]
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Martin Luther’s famous act of defiance against what he perceived to be unbiblical trends and practices within the church is traditionally considered the start of the Reformation. Luther wasn’t the first or only “reformer,” but his actions catalyzed what we call the Protestant Reformation. The spirit of the Reformation is alive and well today, and […]
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