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1

Bob Russell on Being a Disciple Making Grandparent

2

10 Reasons I Go To Church | Nathan Boldt

3

Can A Growing Church Still Feel Like Family? | Adam Jones

4

What Is Biblical Manhood? (Part 2) | Mike Ackerman

5

What Is Biblical Manhood? (Part 1) | Mike Ackerman

6

Our Summer Sun and Winter Fire | Carly Califf

7

Household Gods: On Our Tendency to Worship Family | Bob Turner

8

Theology Has Consequences | Richard Jett

9

Who is Jesus in Hebrews 3 and in Islam? A Biblical and Islamic Perspective | Tim Orr

10

Peter on the Hot Seat | Brian Brophy

11

What Does the Sovereignty of God Mean? | John Whittaker

12

3 Ways to Support a Missionary Well | Jay Greer

13

Courage in a Secular World | Virgil Hurley

14

Get ‘Em in the River—But How Do They Stay There? | Richard Jett

15

There’s No Such Thing as Luck | David Young

16

Why the Church Needs Revitalization AND Planting in This Next Season | Paul Huyghebaert

17

Sons in Search of Answers | Steve Hinton

18

If God Is Good, Where Is He? | Jacob Hartman

19

How Do We Know the Bible Is Inspired? | Dyron B. Daughrity

20

Disciple Making Tactics Can (and Should) Vary | Ralph Moore

21

Fasting: A Surprising Journey into Joy | Michelle Eagle

22

Review of Daniel Darling’s ‘In Defense of Christian Patriotism’ | Chad Ragsdale

23

Advice I’d Give My Younger Self | Joshua Branham

24

Practices of Top Disciple Making Groups | Grant Fitzhugh

25

Practices of Disciple Making Churches: Obedience-Based, Reproducible Models | Bobby Harrington & Josh Howard

26

5 Sources of Endurance | Debbra Stephens

27

A Meditation on Ephesians 4:29 | Chad Ragsdale

28

10 Tools for Biblical Interpretation | Dyron B. Daughrity

29

Addiction: Understanding the Brain and Neuroplasticity | Marcus De Carvalho, M.D

30

Summary of Romans: Understanding the Basics of Romans in the Bible | John Whittaker

31

Church Elders & Spiritual Warfare | Jared Johnson

32

Making Disciples in My Circles of Concern | Ralph Moore

33

Review of Andrew Rillera’s ‘Lamb of the Free’ | John Whittaker

34

What Does It Mean to Be ‘Above Reproach’? | Daniel McCoy

35

So You Want to Be a Shepherd? | Bob Turner

36

Practical Postmodernists | Virgil Hurley

37

What’s Sunday Really For? | Jordan Arnold

38

Should a Christian attend a same-sex wedding? | Guy Hammond

39

God Who Comes Near: Hebrews 2 and the Gospel’s Contrast with Islam | Tim Orr

40

How Much Do You Believe the Gospel? | Jay Greer

41

We Need a Better Conversation About IVF | Nathan Guy

42

Practices of Disciple Making Churches: Convictional Leadership

43

Helping Our Students Navigate Doubt, Deconstruction, and Faith | Cody McCully

44

Walking through a Psalm of Resurrection | Matt Stafford

45

How does Jesus’ death save me from my sins? | Daniel McCoy & Zach Breitenbach

46

What It Takes to Call Out Unrighteousness | Daniel McCoy

47

Who Is Hannah in the Bible? | Carol Stine

48

Get ’Em in the River | Richard Jett

49

Hearing God in a Culture of Instant Answers | Doug Gamble

50

How a 16-Year-Old Taught Me Most of What I Know About Disciple Making | Ralph Moore

51

My Church Has Small Groups—So We’re Doing Discipleship, Right? | Nick Ihle

52

Jesus: The Final Revelation, Not Muhammad | Tim Orr

53

The Need for Making Disciples | Scott Swelbar

54

What Is the Antichrist in the Bible? | John Whittaker

55

Is Jesus the Only Savior? | Scott Johnson

56

5 Facts About St. Patrick of Ireland & What We Can Learn From Him | Rick Cherok

57

The Heart Is Deceitful: Reflections on Pharaoh’s Divided Heart | By Bill Hull

58

Abiding Prayer: a Posture of Simply Being with God | Doug Gamble

59

Calvinism: Irresistible Grace? | By John Whittaker

60

A Letter to My Fifteen-Year-Old Self | By Marcus Stenson

61

Paul the Missionary: How Gospel Preaching Fueled His Mission | By Jeff Randleman

62

A Case for Bible Words | By Nathan Boldt

63

The Life and Work of Gregory Palamas, Eastern Orthodox Theologian | By Andi Grant

64

Who Is the Beast in Revelation? | Jonathan Young

65

5 Ways to Pray with Your Kids | Andrew Branham

66

Just Over the Horizon | Brian Brophy

67

Has Worry Replaced Wonder? | Bob Turner

68

What Happens When Churches Overemphasize Social Justice? | Bobby Harrington & Mike Hayes

69

Summary of Ezekiel: Understanding the Basics of Ezekiel in the Bible | Chad Summa

70

Jesus Told Us to Go Bird Watching? | Matthew McConnell

71

What DID Jesus Do? | Adam Jones

72

Once Saved, Always Saved? | Curtis Erskine

73

Build the Ark: Noah, Meaning, and the Church in an Age of Collapse | Jordan Arnold

74

Communion Training Tools We Use at Our Church | Brian Brophy

75

Chip and Joanna Gaines and the Quiet Drift of the Church | Guy Hammond

76

Jesus and the Buddha: How Did They Help People? | Daniel McCoy

77

Wild at Heart After 25 Years | Jeremy Bacon

78

Paul the Missionary: How Contextualization Influenced His Mission | Jeff Randleman

79

Is Discipleship the Wrong Paradigm for the Church Today? | John Whittaker

80

When to Teach Your Kids About Sexuality and Gender? | Ellen Radcliff

81

Is It a Sin to Be a Billionaire? | Chad Ragsdale

82

What Books Are in the Apocrypha? A Summary of Each Book | Jonathan Young & David Young

83

Calvinism: Perseverance of the Saints? | John Whittaker

84

Christformation and Embracing Forgiveness | Phil Rehberg

85

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two: 7 Reflections on How Disciples Go | Tina Wilson

86

Where Was Jesus Born? Exploring 10 Historical Truths | Bobby Harrington

87

Paul the Missionary: How Suffering Propelled His Mission | Jeff Randleman

88

When Sports Conflict with Sunday Worship: Some Questions to Ask | Brett Seybold

89

For Those Making Pilgrimage Through Spiritual Landscapes | Debbra Stephens

90

How to Prioritize Your Family | Andrew Branham

91

In Ministry? Beware of Isolation. | Jeremy Jennings

92

A Healthy Church is a Messy Church, As it Should Be | Nathan Boldt

93

What Does the Bible Say About Heaven? | Bobby Harrington & Anthony Walker

94

Where Is the Kingdom of God in the Old Testament? | Kelvin Teamer

95

Review of ‘Joyful Outsiders: Six Ways to Live Like Jesus in a Disorienting Culture’ | Chad Ragsdale

96

Who Were the Twelve Apostles? | John Whittaker

97

How does the Trinity make sense? | Zach Breitenbach & Daniel McCoy

98

Beginning with the Beginning in Mind | Jordan Arnold

99

Is Your Disciple Making Simple, Effective, and Reproducible? | Bobby Harrington

100

What Does the Bible Say About Hell? | Bobby Harrington & Anthony Walker

101

Masculinity Is Not Inherently Toxic…and Neither Is Empathy | Paul Huyghebaert

102

Finding What Matters (It’s Different in Retirement) | Tom Petersen

103

Choosing Small Acts of Courage | Jeremy Jennings

104

Are You Ready to Apologize? A Quick Intro to Apologetics | T. J. Gentry

105

What Was Martha So Upset About? | Brian Brophy

106

Is there Neurological Evidence for the Soul? A Review of Egnor and O’Leary’s ‘The Immortal Mind’ | David Young

107

Does the Bible Say the Earth is Flat? | Taffeta Chime

108

How the Trinity Helps Us in Discipleship | Tina Wilson

109

What We Learn from William Borden (Borden of Yale) | Jacob Hartma

110

What do I do when tragedy strikes? Here are 5 action steps. | Joshua Branham

111

Spiritual Blessings: Seeing the Gifts We’ve Already Received | Daniel McCoy

112

You Shall Not Make Idols | Bill Hull

113

Hollow and Deceptive Philosophies: A Meditation on the Difficulty of Colossians 2:8 | Chad Ragsdale

114

When a Famous Christian Dies | Daniel McCoy

115

Is it my fault my adult children don’t believe? | David Young

116

Church Leaders: Focus on Disciple Making | Bobby Harrington

117

Mark, Me, and the Making of Second Chances | Steve Hinton

118

From Cornfield to City: How One Congregation Followed Jesus into the Heart of Middletown | Scott Johnson

119

Marriage & Relationships: 20+ Resources

120

Having Cancer in the Name of the Lord Jesus | Jim Frech

121

Barriers to Spiritual Growth in the Book of Acts | Brian Brunke

122

Where Christian Leadership Begins: Q&A with Jaron Scott

123

Is Masturbation a Sin? A Thoughtful Christian Exploration | Gary Zustiak

124

Why does something exist rather than nothing? | Zach Breitenbach & Daniel McCoy

125

A Healthy Church is Messy Church, As it Should Be | Nathan Boldt

126

What Does the Bible Say about Elders? 10 Clarifying Questions | Bobby Harrington

127

What Does the Bible Say about Deacons? | Bobby Harrington

128

What Does the Bible Say About Jealousy? An Introduction to the Scariest Sin | Daniel McCoy

129

What Does “Set Apart” Look Like in a Regular 9 to 5? | Jacob Hartman

130

It’s Okay to Grieve More Than One Thing | Daniel McCoy

131

Review of ‘The Gospel After Christendom’ | Chad Ragsdale

132

Swallowed Up: What One Hebrew Word Reveals About Victory and Death | Craig Archer

133

Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is Near…and It’s Here | Jim Frech

134

What Does “God Fearing” Mean? | John Whittaker

135

Pastoral Burnout: Intentional Times of Reflection | Doug Gamble

136

Sermon on the Mount: Building Your House | Jeremy Bacon

137

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Churches

138

How the Ordinary Becomes Holy

139

Costly Obedience and the Restoration Movement

140

Transfigured by Beholding Jesus

141

Seven Churches of Revelation: The Church in Pergamum

142

Why Did God Hate Esau?

143

Fighting Apathy

144

The Last Will Be First, and the First Will Be Last

145

Eternal Life…Now?

146

Bible Verses About Peace in the New Testament

147

Five Clues That the Christian Story Is True

148

Why Connect with People of a Different Worldview?

149

Reflecting on the St. Paul Church Protesters

150

Costly Obedience and the Restoration Movement

151

What Was Mary's Song?

152

Politics Is Downstream from Culture? Exploring the Other Side of the Coin

153

N. T. Wright on the Gospel: Swinging the Pendulum Too Far?

154

The Birth of Our King and Our Country’s Political Focus

155

N. T. Wright on the Atonement: New, but Not Improved?

156

What Does the Bible Say About Demons: 10 Principles

157

Amazing Baptism Numbers Seminar – Watch the Recordings

158

When Resistance Comes: 3 Options

159

6 Ways People Read the Bible

160

Bible Verses About Peace in the Old Testament

161

10 Bible Verses About Forgiveness

162

When a Christian Leader Has a Moral Failure

163

Learning to Fight Like David

164

Can a Christian Join the Military? Some Arguments For and Against

165

The Sound of Silence: Being Still and Knowing God