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Finally Alive
Imitation called for mortician’s paint. Decorating hollow eyes. Showing no restraint. Lying. Hiding. Pretending. Self-reliance buried an unresponsive heart. Embalming the disorder, tearing it apart....
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Gospel Eldership (Book Review)
In various ways, leaders will emerge in every church. And most pastors want to be intentional about developing and shaping them. Pastors want and church members need men rooted and grounded in the...
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Shadows of the True and Greater
Recently I’ve been thinking about how Jesus has given us so many pictures of himself in the Old Testament. As I’ve thought about this it has made my heart rejoice in my great God. One way I love to...
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The Seed: A True Myth (Book Review)
An unlikely trio: Tatus, Madeline, and Roark are building a fortress in desperation to fight their common enemy—the shadow. The shadow has stolen their families, homes, and won’t seem to stop haunting...
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Missional Motherhood (Book Review)
Even though mothering can be demanding, why is it so easy to parent in a self-focused way? How do mothers still manage to place themselves back in the center of the universe, even while serving? Gloria...
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Against The Gods (Book Review)
I had the chance to read this for my Old Testament class as I’m working toward my Masters, so I thought I’d share my review here. *** The courthouse of scholarship puts the Bible under examination....
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The Final Sentence
The final sentence is true. Feet shuffled to their seats, the smell of sweat on men, officers being attentive to every movement, oh how I remember it, no one spoke nor whispered, only the two of us...
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The Dynamic Heart In Daily Life | A Book Review
On October 3, 2016 a new book called The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life was released by New Growth Press. I enjoyed Jeremy Pierre’s book so much it kept me awake many nights. I could not stop thinking...
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Worship Lullaby (Giveaway!)
You guys! I am so pumped to share something with you. Our friends Mike and Kaitlin Graff just released their first collection of 24 instrumental lullabies. I love this beautiful album! It is whimsical...
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The Furnace of Affliction: Suffering in the Book of Job
A theology of suffering in the book of Job provides a rich and nuanced picture of the sovereignty of God and the realistic suffering of the righteous. This article will explore how this theology...
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Health, Wealth & Happiness | Book Review
The prosperity gospel is preached every day. Whether it comes through the radio, television, books, or a live-stream on a mobile device, the message is being preached that God wants people happy,...
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Walking and Waiting | A Poem
Song of Solomon 8:5 says, “Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?” I absolutely love this image. I can almost hear the shock in the questioning voice “Who is that? Coming...
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Illusion dreams tucked in bed. Sleep-masks, covers, night-capped head. Tossing, turning, lights-out, dead. Time appointed on the clock. Positioned hands, minutes knock. Ticking. Talking, “door unlock!”...
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Spurgeon on the Christian Life
Michael Reeves book Spurgeon on the Christian Life: Alive in Christ focuses on the heart of Spurgeon’s ministry in general and his private devotion to Christ in particular. Reeves calls to the reader...
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God’s Grace in your Suffering
David Powlison’s God’s Grace in your Suffering focuses on the heart of suffering through the lens of the hymn How Firm a Foundation. Powlison invites the reader to bless the Lord in times of suffering....
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Echoes of Exodus | Book Review
Roberts and Wilson’s Echoes of Exodus focuses on the heart of the Exodus specifically, and traces it’s reverberations throughout redemption history. Between Genesis and Revelation the exodus theme is...
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What We’re Reading With The Littles
Always on the hunt for new books, we’ve explored several different series. We have roamed countless bookstores and libraries since reading is important to us. It’s honestly one of our favorite family...
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All That’s Good | Book Review
Hannah Anderson’s All That’s Good focuses on recovering the lost art of discernment. “Broadly speaking, discernment is the ability to sort between a host of options and pick what is good” (25). This...
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Brave Love | Book Review
Are you ready for a new blog series? This year I’m participating in a 52 book challenge. I thought it would be fun to share some of the books I reading as I go through them. I’ll share the good, the...
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The Language of Suffering
Grief isn’t the absence of hope. Sadness isn’t the absence of faith. Author Zack Eswine said, “It is an act of faith and wisdom to be sad about sad things.” Could sadness actually be an act of sanity...
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