Category: Faith
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Ready Before It Was Relevant
I still remember when QR codes first showed up. Those small black-and-white squares would appear on a poster or a magazine ad, and almost nobody bothered to scan them. You needed a special app just to read one, and most people did not have it or did not know why they would want it. The…
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Is Anyone Listening?
Last week we marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11 attacks. In the days and weeks following that darkest day in modern US history, we heard the same question surface again and again, in different words but with the same ache underneath it, “Where was God?” That is not always an irreverent question. Often that…
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Because He is Faithful
There is a certain kind of house that everyone ought to get to grow up near. Maybe it was a grandmother’s place, or an aunt’s, or the home of a neighbor down the road. What made it that kind of house was something simple. The door was always open to you. You did not have…
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What the Winter Field Knows
Toward the end of winter, if you stand at the edge of a field and look across it, everything tells you the same thing. The ground is gray and brown. Nothing is moving. Nothing is growing. If you trusted your eyes alone, you would conclude that the field is finished, that whatever life it once…
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The Strongest Word in the Hymnal
By John Crowder | View from the Vine | Faith & Christian Life There is a word we have sung for generations in Baptist churches, a word that shows up in some of the most beloved hymns and in the testimonies of ministers who describe how they came to their calling. The word is surrender.…
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The Ultimate Pursuit
Deep in the human soul there is a longing that cannot be satisfied by wealth, success, or even the love of others. It is the longing for God Himself. Scripture affirms this truth: “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13, ESV). To seek God is not merely…
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Refined by Fire
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.” — Job 23:10 When life feels unfair, uncertain, or unbearable, it’s easy to wonder where God is. Job knew suffering intimately. He lost his children, his health, and his wealth. His friends accused him. His world crumbled.…
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Anchor of Hope – Steadfast and Secure
📖“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure…”— Hebrews 6:19a (NIV) In times of uncertainty, when life’s storms surge and the winds of change howl through our circumstances, we all instinctively search for something — anything — to hold on to. The author of Hebrews offers a compelling image to…
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We Can’t See It All
We who are bound by time and space are wise when we acknowledge the inherent limitations of our own perspective and trust that there is more to our circumstances than we can currently see.