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BCL Online Picks — November 13, 2025
True faith in Christ engages both heart and mind. This week’s picks remind us that Christianity isn’t anti-intellectual—it’s deeply thoughtful, rooted in truth, and anchored in God’s Word.
Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places: The Book of Ruth, Ch. 1
How often does the world offer solutions that they say will lead to life but instead lead to death? In the book of Ruth we learn about how it is only in God’s plan that we find life.
3 Wrong Reasons to Leave Your Local Church — and 5 Right Reasons to Stay
To be sure, there are legitimate reasons to leave a local church. Here are 3 wrong reasons to leave and 5 right reasons to remain at your current church.
Sharing with Fellow Believers in Their Sufferings
Photo by pcess609 / iStock.com Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning Beautiful Christian Life LLC may get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through its links, at no cost to you. I remember growing up in the church in the late sixties and early seventies when the word “koinonia” became popular to describe…
Are You a Productive Bee? 7 Ways God Has Gifted Christians to Serve
A jar of honey is the result of thousands of forager bees, drones, builders, guards, and nurses toiling for the queen and her honeycomb kingdom. Here are 7 ways Christians also labor together to produce a sweet gospel harvest.
The Vital Connection between Sincere Love and Hospitality in the Church
How we treat someone at church, whether they’re a visitor or longtime member, may affect their involvement and their decision to continue attending. Here are some practical ways to share the love of Christ.
Organic Christian Living in the Local Church
A mechanistic church mindset is a counterfeit to an organic church mindset. How should Christians approach programs and extracurricular activities as they seek to nurture organic love and service in the body of Christ?
Navigating Friendship in the Local Church
It’s easy to bring lofty ideas of friendship into the church, oftentimes in a way that is unfair to others, causing us to neglect the body of Christ for not meeting our unreal expectations.
2 Good Things to Remember While You Are Growing through Grieving
Growing through grieving is not something anyone wants to do, but God is at work even in the great pain of death to help his children mature in their walk with him.