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Connecting the Church and the Home: Family Discipleship

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Connecting the Church and the Home: Six Vision Distinctives for Family Discipleship By Brian H. Cosby • Love, Marriage, and the Christian Life Series: Love, Marriage, and the Christian Life — This article helps strengthen family discipleship by reconnectingthe local church and the home through Scripture-shaped priorities and practical distinctives. We believe that God has […]

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Four Ways to Read the Bible for Personal Application

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God’s Word for You It is a marvel how personally the Bible applies. The words pointedly address the concerns of long-ago people in faraway places, facing specific problems, many of which no longer exist. They had no difficulty seeing the application. Much of what they read was personal application to actual situations they were facing.

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Because Jesus Was Crushed, We Aren’t

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“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed…” (2 Cor. 4:8-9). In this world, we are afflicted, perplexed, persecuted, and struck down. This doesn’t surprise us because Jesus told us what to expect: “In the world, you will have

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Ten Truths About the Hidden God Who Reveals Himself

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In evangelical theology, the doctrine of God’s revelation is primary. Man does not ascend into the heavens, nor pull God down to earth (Romans 10:5–17). Rather, we find in Creation and in Scripture that God has spoken and that he is a speaking God (Psalm 19). That said, there is a corollary doctrine that must

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Learning from the Past to Be Faithful in the Present: Four Reasons Why Church History Matters

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God’s people are a people of history. Because our faith stands or falls with the historical events of Christ’s death and resurrection (1 Cor. 15)—not to mention all the historical events leading up to Christ’s advent—Christians are a people who should care deeply about history. Yet, often, we don’t. Non-denominational Christians, especially, know little about

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The Sufficiency of Scripture: What It is and Why It Matters

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The sufficiency of Scripture is a fundamental tenet of the Christian faith. When we talk about the sufficiency of Scripture, we are speaking about how the Scriptures are all the Christian needs to equip them for a life of faith and service to God. The sufficiency of Scripture also helps readers understand how it has

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