Tag: christianity
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The Engineer in the Way
“When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.” — John 21:9 There is a line in the Farmers Insurance commercials that has stayed with me: we know a thing or two because we have seen a thing or two. It is a…
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Post 4 — The Four Levels of Any Origins Argument
Almost every argument you will encounter about origins — from a preacher, a science documentary, a YouTube video, a textbook, a Facebook post — is a stack of four different kinds of claims mixed together into one confident sentence. If you cannot separate the four, you cannot think clearly about any of it. If you…
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Post 3 — What Really Happened in the Garden
Genesis 2:4–3:24 Genesis 2 slows down. Genesis 1 gave us the whole sweep of creation in a single hymn. Genesis 2 zooms in on one moment — on the making of the man, the planting of the garden, the naming of the animals, the making of the woman, the giving of one command with one…
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Post 2 — Reading Genesis With Fresh Eyes
Genesis 1:1–2:3 Here is an experiment worth trying. Read Genesis 1 aloud, slowly, out loud, and notice what is actually there before you notice what you have always been told is there. What you will find, if you let yourself read it fresh, is a text with an unusual amount of repetition and a very…
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Reading Genesis Well in a Loud Age A Blog Series on Creation, the Fall, and How to Think About Origins Without Losing Your Mind
Post 1 — Why I’m Writing This Series If you have spent any time in the corners of the internet where Christians talk about creation, you have noticed a pattern. Everyone is very sure. Everyone has a graphic. Everyone has a video. Half of it argues that if you accept an old earth you have…
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Standing in Christ Without Abandoning the Family
A Bible Study for Men Facing Spiritual Conflict in the Home Purpose This study is designed to help Christian men respond biblically when a wife, family member, or close friend is involved in witchcraft, Wicca, spell-casting, divination, occult spirituality, or another belief system opposed to the gospel of Jesus Christ. The goal is not to…
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In His Own Voice
The Poems and Essays of Joshua Blake Hargrove 2000 – 2002 Edited by his father, John Hargrove PREFACE A Note from the Editor These are Joshua’s words as he wrote them. The spelling is his. The punctuation is his. The line breaks are his. Where a word looks wrong — discernity, Aurther, frusturated — it…
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DEEPER DIVE John 15 — Remain, Receive, Recognize
July 19, 2026 | | Sunday Deeper Dive TEACHING SEQUENCE 1. Remain in Christ (vv. 1–5) — The source of spiritual life and the necessity of dependent perseverance. 2. Receive the Father’s pruning (vv. 2, 6) — How to understand suffering, correction, change, and relationships. 3. Remain in Christ’s love (vv.…
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John 15: Remaining in Christ
Central Truth Jesus does not call His disciples to manufacture spiritual life, force visible results, or prove their worth to God. He calls them to remain in Him. As branches depend upon the vine, believers depend completely upon Christ for spiritual life, character, endurance, obedience, love, prayer, and faithful witness. Biblical Text John 15:1–27 1.…
John Hargrove Seeking Truth and Reality 