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out of or into? za’s resident greek scholar makes his debut, talking about two terms that describe two ways to read the bible. one’s good and one’s not, so read up and learn the difference! |
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“out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” gossip. slander. swearing. lying. all of it comes from a little muscle in your mouth, but today we suggest that perhaps the tongue is the symptom rather than the cause. |
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the days are evil as an undisciplined college student, brendan knows a thing or two about wasting time. turns out the Bible has something else in mind for christians, and it’s worth having a look. |
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more than a staff-wielding nomad you may have heard of Jesus being the Good Shepherd, but what does it mean? buzz explores the role of a shepherd and the importance of Jesus comparing Himself to one. |
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blessings, curses, and a talking donkey balaam, an old testament character, went from cursing God to blessing him and right back to his evil ways. what’s up with this guy, and what can we learn? |
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we seek God but He finds us what does the banner up top say? seek truth. we believe it, we do it, but we have to remember that God is seeking too, and He’s the one who can actually find us. |
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sunrises aren’t hot and bright, but they are beautiful Part topic, part analogy. Holiness is commanded in the Bible, but what is holiness? How do we go for it? And why would Solomon compare the pursuit of holiness to a sunrise? |
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white pants get dirty pretty easily in the debut of contributor matt earley and our new topic of “christianese,” the new guy explains God’s anger at sin and how it gets appeased so we get a shot at heaven. |
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character flaws are in the Bible for a reason if you read the Bible cover to cover, you’ll find that just about anybody who was somebody had some serious sin happen in their life. why would God let this in His Scripture? |
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you don’t applaud the trumpet, you applaud the trumpet player christians talk a lot about pride, and for good reason. but why is it so hard to stay humble? brendan explores an analogy that put him in his place. |
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as lights, we are life when we love Jesus, who was known as light, called his disciples light. but what does this mean to us? how can we shine our light as Jesus did? buzz answers these questions and more. |
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not just a friend, someone to look up to God is described a lot of different ways: king, judge, friend, father, and so on. but is He someone who you actively try to resemble? brendan explores the idea of God being our role model. |
