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BCL Online Picks — January 1, 2026

By BCL / January 1, 2026

Happy new year to our BCL readers! With resolutions for 2026 on our minds and hearts, here are some helpful articles from around the web to consider on diligence, quietness, and dependence on God.

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Trusting and Asking Our Father to Provide

By R. Scott Clark / November 24, 2025

Sometimes we think that our material needs are beneath God’s attention. Here’s why nothing could be further from the truth.

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3 Petitions of the Serenity Prayer

By BCL / August 27, 2024

What are some of the Bible passages that likely inspired the writing of the beloved Serenity Prayer?

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4 Good Ways to Run the Christian Race Well

By Jonathan Landry Cruse / April 29, 2024

The Bible compares the Christian life to the effort and exertion of a race. The book of Hebrews teaches us four good ways to run the Christian race well.

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3 Good Things to Remember When You Feel Overwhelmed by Your Sin and Failures

By Daniel Rowlands / January 16, 2024

Is it possible that even in our self-inflicted trials—when we are acutely aware of our fallen, sinful nature—God’s glory is manifested by his work in and for us? Absolutely.

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Christ Jesus: The Source of True Rest

By Daniel Rowlands / October 5, 2023

From where does restful peace come and is it possible to even get there when there is so much trouble all around us?

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You Need to Rest—the Seventh Day of Creation

By Campbell Markham / June 4, 2021

The Sabbath was supposed to be a day of rest, but the Pharisees loaded it with stupid laws and turned the Sabbath into a day of fear and misery. How did Jesus recover the Sabbath, and what does it mean for us today?

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Do the Lies of the World Taste Sweet to You?

By Simona Gorton / January 22, 2019

Even as Christians we can taste and swallow the lies of the world and think them a little sweet. Are you being pushed by the past or pulled by the future?

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