How Should a Christian View the Gun Control Debate?
How should Christians view the gun control debate? As with any other issue, what does God’s Word say about it?
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How Should You Pray in Your Hour of Need? (Mark 14:32-42)
Today we’re looking at the famous story of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. It’ll give us some insight into our question for the day: How should you pray in your hour of need?
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How Jesus Kept Peter on Mission (Mark 14:27-31, 66-71)
Today we look at the story of Peter’s betrayal of Jesus, a classic example of “mission drift” in the Bible.
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How Do You Know If Your Faith Is Authentic? (Mark 14:12-26)
Today we’re looking at the Last Supper of Jesus, focusing on his comment that one of his disciples would betray him.
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What Is the Story of the New Testament?
The New Testament tells us the story of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and the spread of Christianity. In order to help you understand the New Testament, we’ve put together this overview of its message.
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How Judas Handled the Hard Sayings of Jesus (Mark 14:1-11)
Today we cover the “scandalous” incident of Jesus’ anointing just before his final Passover meal.
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What Is the Story of the Old Testament?
The Old Testament tells us the story of the creation of the earth, the history of God’s people, and God’s plan to rescue the world.
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Harnessing Your Grief
Grief was not a part of Eden and it won’t be a part of Heaven. It is a result of the fall, but there is a good side.
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How Do I Read the Bible?
Bible reading is one of the basic habits that every Christian should have, but how do you do it? Here are some practical tips for newcomers.
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How To Come Back From the Burden of Shame
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What Is the Structure of the Bible?
The Bible is composed of 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. It’s not organized by date, but rather by genre – like a library.
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Harnessing Your Fear to Build Your Faith
Resilience is harnessing difficult emotions to build your faith. Today we talk about how to harness fear and anxiety, and we’ll look at the incredible story of King Jehoshaphat. Here was a guy who turned to God in his darkest moment and ended up experiencing his biggest blessing.
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How To Harness Your Anger for Good
Anger is often the superficial emotion covering over a deeper, less acceptable emotion.
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Where Did We Get the Bible?
The Bible has been around for thousands of years, carefully translated and maintained for the benefit of people today. But where did we get it, and how do we know it’s trustworthy?
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Resilience and the Power of Emotions
The key to resilience isn’t stuffing your emotions, it’s harnessing them. Feelings aren’t sinful. They are signposts to draw us toward greater dependence on God.
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God’s Grace: Prevenient vs. Irresistible
Calvinists and Arminians agree that humans are saved by God’s grace alone. Does God apply grace in advance to allow people the capacity to follow him? Or does God apply grace to those who are chosen, in order to actually bring about their salvation?
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How to Read Scripture for Breakthrough
If you’re looking for breakthrough in your everyday life – with thoughts, emotions, or habits – don’t just try harder in the moment of crisis. Discipline your thought life with the spiritual habits around scripture.
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Jesus’ Saving Work: For Everyone or for Some?
Calvinists and Arminians debate about the extent of Jesus’ death on the cross. Did he die for all people, or only for those God chose to save?
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Watch for Jesus (Mark 13:28-37)
In Mark 13:28-37 Jesus finishes his Olivet discourse and his discussion of the End Times. He never gives an answer to the timing of the End, but he does give insight into how we should live in light of it.
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Divine Election: Conditional or Unconditional?
The word “election” refers to the process of choosing. The Bible teaches that God chooses those who believe. But is God’s choice unconditional, based only on his own will? Or is God’s choice conditional, based on some quality or action of the person who is saved?
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Signs of the End (Mark 13:14-27)
In Mark 13:14-27 Jesus talks about the Antichrist, the tribulation, and even the rapture. It begins to answer the ageless question: What will the End look like?
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How To Pace Yourself For Breakthrough
If you’re looking for breakthrough in your everyday life – with thoughts, emotions, or habits – don’t just try harder in the moment of crisis. Pace yourself on three of the lesser-known spiritual disciplines.
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Human Nature: Inability or Free Will?
The two theological systems known as Calvinism and Arminianism disagree about many things. Their greatest agreement comes in their understanding of the human condition. The difference between the two approaches has to do with how God acts to remedy the human problem.
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Are We Living In The End Times? (Mark 13:1-13)
Jesus talks about the end of the world. This passage has been studied and interpreted for generations, and it helps us to answer the question: are we living in the end times?
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