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Continue reading →: Do You Want God or Just What He Can Give You?Reading chapters four through six of With by Skye Jethani forced me to confront something I did not expect. I thought I was reading a book about theology and spiritual posture. What I ended up reading was a description of my own struggles with control, fear, identity, and surrender. These…
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Continue reading →: Are You Living With God or Just For Him?Sometimes the hardest spiritual truths to face are the ones that expose something inside of us. Reading the first three chapters of With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani was one of those moments for me. Instead of feeling like I was simply reading about theological…
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Continue reading →: What True Repentance Looks Like: A Study of Psalm 51Psalm 51 shows us what true repentance actually looks like. It records David’s response after being confronted about his sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. Instead of hiding or defending himself, David runs to God for mercy. This psalm doesn’t just show David’s personal repentance. It provides a…
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Continue reading →: What Repentance Actually Looks Like: Psalm 51Psalm 51 is one of the clearest examples in Scripture of what real repentance looks like. David wrote it after being confronted about his sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. Instead of defending himself or minimizing what he had done, David responded with confession and repentance. At its…
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Continue reading →: Choosing Faith over FearWe went to the Oxford Natural History Museum today and had a wonderful time. They even had a sensory backpack for my son who is on the autism spectrum. It made the whole experience so wonderful. Museums can be difficult because not only does he struggle with people and getting…
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Continue reading →: Blot Out My Transgressions Meaning (Psalm 51 Explained)One of the phrases in Psalm 51 that deserves closer attention appears in verses 1 and 9. In the English Standard Version, David asks God to “blot out” his transgressions. At first glance, that phrase might seem simple. But when you look at the Hebrew behind it, the meaning becomes…
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Continue reading →: Faith That Acts Without Guaranteed Results | What is Faith? Part 4If you haven’t read parts one, two or three yet, go start there before you continue. This series builds on itself, and what we’re getting into today is where everything we’ve covered so far comes together. We’ve defined faith as a settled, active stance toward the promises of God. We’ve…
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Continue reading →: Psalm 51 & Repentance: How It Fits the Bigger Story of ScripturePsalm 51 does not exist in isolation. Like many passages in Scripture, it connects deeply with other parts of the Bible. When we read it alongside those passages, we begin to see how the theme of repentance runs through the entire story of Scripture. This psalm was written after one…
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Continue reading →: Faith That Moves Without a Map: Abraham and Sarah | Faith Series Part 3If you haven’t read parts one and two yet, go start there before you continue. This series builds on itself, and you need the foundation before the examples will land the way they’re supposed to. So far we’ve established that faith is a settled, active stance toward the promises of…
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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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