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The God Who Breaks Us with Kindness

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How One Bible Verse Disarmed a Mob

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Shame Today Is Worth It

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What Is a ‘Fleshly’ Christian?

105

Eight Ways to Live Out Your Assurance

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How Can I Know I’m a Christian?

107

How I Decide What to Preach

108

Nine Steps to Find a Home Church

109

Does God Punish from His Heart?

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Was Jesus Tempted by Evil Desires?

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Sexual Purity Is an Act of Love

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Sorrows Surprised by Happiness

113

Work as Worship

114

The Evil That Stuns Heaven

115

Does God Predict History?

116

Can Delight in God Become Self-Serving?

117

A Better Hope for the Childless

118

If God Knows Our Hearts, Why Does He Test Us?

119

Does Mysticism Make Us Closer to God?

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Spiritual Dangers of Recreational Marijuana

121

Should We Rejoice When God Destroys Our Enemies?

122

Waging War Against Drift

123

Why Do Citations in the Bible Seem Sloppy?

124

Glorifying God in 1,000 Decisions a Day

125

How Much Church Can I Miss to Serve?

126

The High Price of Watching Nudity

127

We Can’t Endure on Our Own

128

How Can I Correct Others Gently?

129

How Attractive Women Abuse Their Beauty

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Silent Women, Speaking Women

131

Was My Pre-Faith Suffering Discipline or Justice?

132

Living Pure in a Corrupting Screen Age

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Why Do You Focus on God’s Role in Our Suffering?

134

Loving God in Life’s Biggest Disappointments

135

Coming to Christ for All the Wrong Reasons

136

Does God Condemn Nations Today?

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Who Is Blocking My Life — Satan or Jesus?

138

Four Tests for False Teaching

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Distorted Doctrine Destroys Lives

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Surviving the Social Media Flood of Life Advice

141

Did We Sin Our Marriage Away?

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Did God Forgive Me If I Don’t Feel Forgiven?

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Guard Your Mind from Trash

144

Jesus’s Warnings to the Comfortable

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Seven Ways to Break Free from Misplaced Hope

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Are My Struggles Personal or Demonic?

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Is It Wrong to Get a Little Drunk Sometimes?

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Trusting God After Losing Everything

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When Your Best Years Are Behind You

150

The Glorious Riches Awaiting You

151

Restoring a Repentant Adulterer

152

Drawing Close to a Daughter Drifting from God

153

Why Didn’t Christ Come Sooner?

154

Seven Anchors That Hold When Tragedy Hits

155

Wimpy Theology Makes Vulnerable Women

156

God Will Heal Me Completely — But When?

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Common Myths About Eternal Rewards

158

The Most Extraordinary Experience in This World

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‘No One Ever Hated His Own Body’ — Really?

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Every Pinch of Pain Has Purpose

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Will Heaven Ever Grow Boring?

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The Cost of Being a Loner

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God Withholds Nothing We Need

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How Can I Grow in Humility as I Grow in Knowledge?

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How to Become the Mother of Jesus

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Distinguishing Shame from Guilt

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What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong About Happiness

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Does God Withdraw His Presence from Me?

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Seven Promises That Have Kept John Piper

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Help Me Live a Genuine Life

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How Did Jesus Freely Live a Scripted Life?

172

How Much of Christianity Remains a Secret?

173

If No One Seeks God, How Is Anyone Saved?

174

Are Christians Happier Than Non-Christians in This Life?

175

I Never Felt Like God’s Enemy — Was I?

176

Advice for Reading Romans After Decades of Experience

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Should I Use AI to Help Me Write Sermons?

178

Every Good Sermon Has Application

179

What Makes Someone Spiritually Dirty?

180

Why Does the Bible Say Baptism Saves Us?

181

Living with Gospel-Sized Ambition

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Why Is Witchcraft Handled So Differently Across Scripture?

183

Is There Good Magic and Edifying Sorcery?

184

How Do I Become Happy in God?

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If God Pastors Me, Why Do I Need Pastors?

186

How Do I Apply Bible Stories to My Life?

187

One Believer Dies, Another Lives: On Reading Providence

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The Pleasure That Defeats Pornography

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Does God Believe in Atheists?

190

Is Heaven a Real Place Right Now?

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Why Pray for Protection When Suffering Keeps Coming?

192

The Spiritual Battles in Your Bible Reading

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‘A Man at Church Thinks We Should Marry — I Disagree’

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Your Bible-Reading Feedback, and How to Help Us in 2025

195

Am I Overusing Bible Commentaries?

196

Does Christmas Bring Peace or War?

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The God over Geopolitics

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How Does God Deliver Me from Pain by Pain?

199

Every Gift Points Us to Christ

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Will I Suffer My Singleness Forever?