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Friendly Fire in the Church: Mark 2:18-3:12

Dr. Bruce Lowe | 12 min read

You likely know the expression friendly fire. It’s a tragic expression, really, because there is nothing ‘friendly’ in it at all. It is the horrible scenario in war where a...

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A Proverb in a Collection is Dead?

Scott C. Jones | 12 min read

Attempts to read straight through the Bible rarely make it as far as Proverbs. The descriptions of the tabernacle in Exodus often knock out the first group of would-be “Bible...

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No Polite Prayers: How Psalm 77 Helps Us Pray Fiercely

Rev. Joe Palekas | 13 min read

How might you describe your conversations with God? What words would you use to characterize your tone or approach? For those of us who have spent any amount of time...

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Eli, the Passive Priest

Rev. J.T. Tarter | 9 min read

Growing up, I regularly spent time with the Berenstein Bears. You may have really loved those books—I certainly did, and do—but you may or may not be aware that the...

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Preaching to the Walking Dead

Rev. Matt Lietzen | 11 min read

As a pastor in a local church, I deeply enjoy our weekly practice of walking through the Bible together section by section, book by book, and seeing how the timeless...

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Reading the Bible as One Story

Hugh Whelchel | 8 min read

Adapted from Hugh Whelchel’s book All Things New: Rediscovering the Four-Chapter Gospel. A powerful scene at the end of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings was not...

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Insiders and Outsiders in Mark’s Gospel: Mark 4:21-34

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