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Little Miss Red Shoes – A heart-wrenching article from the field. “Little Miss Red Shoes goes to school with her friends. She’s in second grade. She lives with her mother and an aunt. Her father left the family years ago, though she thinks she saw him sometime in the last year. Her mom is HIV positive on treatment, sells little bits of beans and corn for a living, and often turns to the local church for assistance.”

Theology Refresh – Theology Refresh is a helpful new series from Desiring God. You can watch or listen in as pastors and theologians address a particular issue with each episode. Remarkably, they even manage to keep it short!

How to Listen to a Sermon – Reformation21 has an interesting article from Philip Ryken who offers wisdom on how to listen to a sermon.

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – This is really powerful.

The Gift of Discouragement – “Some people in the church seem to have the spiritual gift of discouragement. It’s all that guy can do – discourage others. Truthfully, we are all ‘that guy’ far too often.” Here’s how to turn it around!

Rise O Buried Lord – This album from Redeemer Church of Knoxville is on sale until Easter. You can also listen to it here if you want to give it a try.

Making a Wrong Decision – Does God have a plan b for my life if I make a wrong decision?

The Christian’s task is to make the Lord Jesus visible, intelligible and desirable.

—Len Jones

  • Understanding Trauma

    Understanding Trauma

    I don’t remember encountering the world “trauma” very often in my younger years, yet recently I seem to hear it all the time. What was once deemed a rare experience or one rarely talked about, has become a common experience and one talked about both openly and often. Where perhaps it was once defined so…

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    A La Carte: When puppies replace people / Learning to disagree / Persevere in prayer / Demons and spiritual warfare / LARPing your job / Secret Christianity / Graphic novel on sale / and more.

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    A La Carte (March 13)

    A La Carte: Somebody just made up a new religion / Signs of revival on campus / Walking towards destruction / Get more out of your reading / True for our souls / and more.

  • The Path

    When The Path That I Fear Is the Way He Has Set

    There are some lyrics we all especially treasure, certain lines that settle in especially near to our hearts. Personally, I often find myself pondering the words that begin CityAlight’s “In the Valley (Bless the Lord).” “When the path that I feared / Is the way He has set / And I long to give in…

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    A La Carte (March 12)

    A La Carte: Ambidextrous apologists / When grief doesn’t include tears / Mistakes when learning to pray / When it’s good to argue / Sloth and diligence / Kindle deals / and more.

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    A La Carte (March 11)

    A La Carte: What we gained and lost by live-streaming / The spouse of an unbeliever / To the exhausted / Draw near to God through writing / Shrinking in shame / No one seeks God / and more.