The Whole Message of the Bible in 16 Words by Chris Bruno is a great book to familiarize you with the most important themes and the overarching story of the Bible.
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How should we go about studying the Bible? Here are three suggestions to help you study the book God wrote.
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A short (but stout) book on the divine romance between The Groom and The Bride, and how the ultimate marriage should shape all marriages.
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What happens to the Bible when we spend years treating it like an instruction manual? In the end, we might lose the gospel focus of the whole Bible.
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Perhaps you’ve heard of expository sermons. Perhaps you haven’t. Either way, let me tell you what they are, why I think they are so helpful, and why, at our church, we make them our regular diet.
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Acquiring your worldly treasure won’t satisfy you. It may give you temporary satisfaction. But that's it. The pleasure that Jesus offers begins now and lasts forever. [Guest Post by Cody Swartz.]
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What would it have been like to hear Jesus preach? A fictional account of a girl who heard Jesus and how he satisfies our needs. [Guest Post by Erin Bruker.]
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Backstage passes are great. You get to see all of the cool stuff that goes into the final product. Although not near as cool as meeting your favorite music band before a show, this post is part of a series to take you “backstage of the pulpit.”
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I’m not sure if readers love them, but I read enough blogs to know that bloggers love to create them: End-of-the-Year Lists. This is my contribution: The list of books I read in 2016.
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Some reasons to love the 2015 Disney movie Cinderella, as well as 10 discussion questions.
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Here are my five favorite (and the most popular) blog posts that I wrote in 2016.
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This Christmas, my hope and prayer is that our hearts will explode with praise over the salvation that comes through Jesus. If this is to happen, first we need to reckon seriously with the darkness within us.
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Several years ago, I wrote a hymn about three men who came face to face with God: Job, Isaiah, and Peter. I’d love to share the lyrics and the audio recording with you.
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On December 6, the book I co-authored, More People to Love, is being released. Can’t wait to share it with you. The popular Christian radio host, Brant Hansen, wrote the foreword. The book will be for sale at Amazon.com for $7.99.
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Professors Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson wrote this book to prepare us for the apocalypse. Their approach, however, is less Swiss Army Knife and more Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Here are few dozen strategies to help men win the war against sexual temptation.
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This is my favorite piece of stand-up comedy. It comes from Brian Regan. It’s brilliant commentary on our human condition: we love to talk about ourselves.
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Except for the occasional post, I'm taking a rest from social media. My heart is frazzled. Here’s how it got this way.
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In early December of this year (2016), Jason Abbott (my co-pastor) and I are launching a book. It’s called, More People to Love: How the Bible Starts in a Garden and Ends in a City and What That Means for You. Here’s a sneak peak at the preface I wrote.
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My book review of Rooted: Theology for Growing Christians by J.A. Medders and Brandon D. Smith. A great, accessible book to help Christians both know God and live for him.
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