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Continue reading →: Psalm 51 Explanation: David’s Prayer of Repentance ExplainedPsalm 51 is one of the most well-known prayers of repentance in Scripture. It was written after David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband, Uriah. Derek Kidner describes it as “the fourth, and surely the greatest, of the seven penitential psalms.”¹ The psalm gives readers a deep…
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Continue reading →: Biblical Stewardship and Faithfulness: How to Be Ready for Your CallingEverybody wants to know what’s next. Everybody hates being patient. New season, new year, new opportunities, and we’re all sitting here refreshing our lives like a package tracking page wondering when our calling is finally going to show up at the door. But scripture shifts the question entirely. It moves…
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Continue reading →: When Obedience Doesn’t Make Sense: Abel and NoahIf you haven’t read part one yet, start there before you go any further. Everything in this series builds on what came before it, and you need the foundation before the examples will land the way they should. You can find part one right here on the blog. Last week…
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Continue reading →: Psalm 51 Meaning: David’s Repentance ExplainedPsalm 51 is one of the most well-known psalms of repentance in Scripture. But to truly understand it, we need to slow down and look at the context behind the words. This psalm was written after one of the darkest moments in David’s life. His sin with Bathsheba and the…
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Continue reading →: Financial Stewardship: Tithing, Generosity, and TrustJesus talked about money more than almost any other topic. Not to make you feel guilty. Not because He wanted your wallet. He talked about it because He knew that money has a way of sitting in the exact spot in our hearts where God is supposed to live. Where…
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Continue reading →: What Faith Actually Means: A Study of Hebrews 11When life gets hard and things don’t pan out the way you expected, you walk away thinking you didn’t have enough faith, or that you put your faith in the wrong thing, or that maybe the faith never really existed to begin with. That’s not a faith problem. That’s a…
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Continue reading →: 3 Principles for Interpreting Old Testament PassagesWhen we try to teach or apply Old Testament passages to modern audiences, one of the biggest challenges is making sure we are interpreting the text correctly before we attempt to apply it. That sounds obvious, but in practice it is surprisingly easy to miss. After working through the readings…
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Continue reading →: Stewarding Your Calling: 5 Biblical Ways to Be Faithful NowYour calling isn’t something to chase. It’s something to cultivate. Culture treats purpose like a destination you eventually arrive at. Scripture treats it like a field you tend every single day. Most people aren’t stuck because they lack a calling. They’re stuck because they’re waiting to feel ready. Waiting for…
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Continue reading →: Wisdom Literature and God’s OrderOne of the most interesting themes that stood out to me in this week’s reading is the connection between wisdom and order. John Walton explains that wisdom in Scripture is deeply tied to recognizing and living within the order God established in the world. He writes that “wisdom perceives what…
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Continue reading →: Stewarding Your Time: 5 Biblical Ways to Live with PurposeThe way we use our days reveals what we value most. Time is the one resource that cannot be earned back, saved up, or replaced. Once it’s spent, it’s gone. Culture treats time as something to fill. Scripture treats it as something to steward. Stewarding your time isn’t about productivity.…
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I’m Karleigh
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