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Scripture Journals – A Great Way to Engage with God’s Word

We all love engaging with the Word of God. They are His Words to us, preserved for thousands of years. They are "living and active" (Hebrews 4:12), "breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof,...

What if Every Sunday Were Advent?

Landon Reynolds

Something we like to say in the church is: “Every Sunday is Easter!” The implications of this statement are absolutely filled with hope and promise, as the church proclaims every time that she gathers to worshi...

Be Inspired. Anywhere. WaterProof Bible!

Cory Mansfield

The Bible is the Bible. The Words of God preserved for us through the ages to give us all things necessary for salvation and living a life of faith that is pleasing to God. How the Scripture is printed, bound, ...

How to Read the Bible without Distractions

Cory Mansfield

The Bible was given to us to read, study, meditate on, memorize, apply, and share. As we embark on this joyous discipline of reading God's Word, we find ourselves at the mercy of those who have gone before us w...

Infographic: You Have More Time for Bible Reading than You Think

Crossway

Time Well Spent? If someone observed an average day in your life, how would they see you spend your time? How much of your time is given to TV, Facebook, YouTube, podcasts, hobbies, and housework? How much tim...

How Suffering Reveals Your True Self

Paul David Tripp

Trust Issues Here's what happens in times of suffering. When the thing you have been trusting (whether you knew it or not) is laid to waste, you don't suffer just the loss of that thing; you also suffer the ...

What Does It Really Mean to Take the Lord’s Name in Vain?

Kevin DeYoung

The What So what exactly is forbidden by the third commandment? The word vain (as it’s rendered in the ESV) can mean “empty,” “nothing,” “worthless,” or “to no good purpose.” We are forbidden, therefore, from ...

12 Practical Ways to Be on Mission This Halloween

Jeff Vanderstelt

A Unique Opportunity for Mission Halloween offers a great opportunity for many to engage in new relationships with those around us or to revisit some old relationships with new missional intentionality. Rega...

Church Leader: It Shouldn’t Be Lonely at the Top

Drew Hunter

Pastors and leaders spend a lot of time with people—leading meetings, grabbing coffee, responding to messages. And yet with all this connection, they are often socially isolated, with their interior lives large...

So What? Who Cares?

Phillip Hamm

Nearly half a million people run marathons annually. That's equivalent to everybody in Toledo, Ohio, running 26.2 miles every year. What's interesting is more than 50 percent of the runners are running marathon...