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Category: Faith

What Are the 3 Marks of the Church? Distinguishing between Healthy and Dangerous Consumerism

By Wes Van Fleet / January 23, 2024

Knowing the three marks of the church helps us to understand what Christ’s church is actually meant to be—and not be disappointed when church doesn’t meet all our expectations.

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Spirit-Led Self-Control vs. Being Out of Control

By Daniel Rowlands / January 19, 2024

Self-control is a gift given by God. How can we avoid being out of control and have godly self-control instead?

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What Is the Most Important Thing Taught in the Bible?

By Shane Rosenthal / January 18, 2024

The most important thing in Scripture is taught in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, and it’s the Christian’s greatest comfort. What is it?

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2 Marks of Righteous Anger — Ephesians 4:26

By Derek J. Brown / January 10, 2024

Anger is not necessarily wrong or sinful. How should Christians view anger, and what are two marks of righteous anger?

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Why Is Prayer So Vitally Important for Christians?

By R. Scott Clark / January 9, 2024

It’s uncommon to hear someone say, “I just could not bring myself to eat for weeks at a time.” Yet, Christians say such things about prayer. Why do Christians struggle to pray faithfully?

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How Much Free Will Do You Really Have?

By Daniel Rowlands / January 5, 2024

Both Christians and non-Christians point out their free will, but how free are we? Are we free to do anything? Why don’t believers use their free will to freely choose never to sin again? It’s actually not all that simple when it comes to free will.

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Why All Religions Cannot Be Equally True

By Le Ann Trees / January 3, 2024

The claims of Christianity draw a line in the sand. The word “ontology” and what it means regarding both God’s and our existence help us understand why different views of the afterlife can’t all be true.

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No One Shared the Gospel with Me

By Keith Mathison / December 28, 2023

When I see young people running away from God, acting in the most offensive ways they can imagine, I see my younger self. I see lost people who are in desperate need of Christ. Why didn’t even one Christian talk to young me about Jesus?

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Immanuel: The Son Revealed in the Old Testament

By Daniel Rowlands / December 25, 2023

Should we be surprised that God came in the form of a suffering servant—the man Jesus Christ, who would save his people from their sins? Let’s go back to the biblical writings a number of centuries before the incarnation.

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