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Apr 5, 2004

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This site is experiencing some technical difficulties. I am not quite sure what the cause is but am investigating and hope to have it resolved shortly. If the meanwhile you may find the commenting system “flaky” and may notice other random problems. I apologize in advance…

Dying Comfortably

Although we face difficulties—the world, temptations, and self-love—an active meditation on and a constant view of things above will maintain our spiritual-mindedness. If we ignore these, death will take us by surprise. #Sponsored

Jul 28, 2025

Sponsored

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The Three Greatest Enemies of Marriage

Marriage brings us many joys. But since it exists in this world and not some other, it also brings its share of sorrows. It is like everything else in that way—there are times we marvel at its beauties and times we lament its difficulties. A divine gift that was meant to be only good is…

Jul 8, 2024

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The Philanthropists: R.G. LeTourneau

Robert Gilmour LeTourneau was an influential businessman and inventor of machinery that shook the world (since, after all, much of the earthmoving equipment used in World War II was made by LeTourneau’s factory). Born in Richford, Vermont in 1888, LeTourneau became a wealthy and generous Christian philanthropist who worked hard and shared freely. With the…

Oct 20, 2013

Philanthropists

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A Front Door and a Family Meal

Baptism is a kind of front door to the local church, the God-ordained means through which a person identifies with Jesus Christ and formally comes to belong to Christ’s body, the church. Baptism is the church’s sign that this person is one of us, a brother or sister in the Lord, who has now been…

Jan 11

Articles

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Weekend A La Carte (January 10)

A La Carte: An elder’s authority / Don’t use AI to cheat in school / Against the algorithm / An age of outrage / What’s weird? / The good news about bad days / and more.

Jan 10

A La Carte

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Free Stuff Fridays (TGBC)

Enter to win a practical, gentle, and honest resource offering hope and help for parents of non-believing children.

Jan 9

Giveaways

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Power Dynamics within Marriage

Any well-taught Christian should be able to speak of God’s attributes and to distinguish between those that are communicable (shared with other beings) and those that are incommunicable (unique to God alone). Among God’s communicable attributes is power. God, who has ultimate power, distributes limited power among human beings. This power is given to us…

Jan 9

Book Reviews

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A La Carte (January 9)

A La Carte: The courage in encouragement / First-time obedience / Practical tips / Christians bear fruit / Sing! hymnal daily readings / Kindle deals / and more.

Jan 9

A La Carte

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A La Carte (January 8)

A La Carte: Is there room in the church for me? / Dusty Bibles and new iPhones / Fruitful to the end / Helping students read the Bible for themselves / Australia is coming apart / Kindle deals / and more.

Jan 8

A La Carte

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To Those Who Married Poorly

Some marriages are the stuff of fairytales. Some are not. Some husbands marry wives who respect them and some wives marry husbands who love them as Christ loves his church. Some do not. The sad fact is that some people marry well and some people marry poorly.

Jan 7

Articles

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Power Dynamics within Marriage

Any well-taught Christian should be able to speak of God’s attributes and to distinguish between those that are communicable (shared with other beings) and those that are incommunicable (unique to God alone). Among God’s communicable attributes is power. God, who has ultimate power, distributes limited power among human beings. This power is given to us…

Jan 9

Book Reviews

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How do we minister to parents with broken hearts?

For every family in the church where the children seem to be well established in the faith, there will be another family where one or more of the children have deserted it… How can we help bring comfort to parents in pain?

Jan 5

Sponsored

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The Collected Best Books of 2025

I probably don’t need to tell you how much I love books in general, and Christian books in particular. One of my favorite times to be a reader is in mid-December when people begin to share their picks for the top books of the year. I collect all of the lists written by sites or…

Dec 22, 2025

Articles

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If You’re at CROSS Conference (Or Wish You Were)

If you are one of the young adults attending CROSS, or if you are in that demographic but were unable to attend, I want to make the 12-episode documentary available to you for free. It was filmed in 12 countries and allows you to experience worship in each of them.

Jan 2

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