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Nobody Said It Did

You've heard it too — "Well, the King James Bible didn't come down from heaven on a string." Nobody said it did. What we believe is this: the God who wrote it, kept it. That's just believing what the Bible says about itself. "The words of the LORD are pure words:

You've Known for a While Now

There's a difference between contentment and compromise, and the Christian life depends on knowing which one you're practicing. Paul said he had learned to be content — and that word "learned" ought to stop us cold. Contentment isn't natural. It's forged through seasons of plenty and want, through watching God come

You Don't Find Your Sword on the Battlefield

Most Christians want to win the fight. They just don't want to do the work before the fight. A believer gets blindsided — a temptation they weren't ready for, a conversation that exposed them, a moment that called for something they didn't have. And they ask, why didn't I handle that

Hatred With Better Manners

Most of us have disqualified ourselves from the sin of hatred because we've never flipped a table or screamed at somebody in a parking lot. That's not John's definition. Two chapters after warning us about hating the brethren, John gives us the working definition in 1 John 3:17 — "But

Available

The Christian life was never about your ability. Ability is about you — your gifts, your effort. Availability is different. It's submission. It's deciding God is important enough to put His service first. Will you avail yourself?

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