Tag: Faith
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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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Bible Study: Did Jesus Say We Must Believe in Him to Be Saved?
Bible Study: Did Jesus Say We Must Believe in Him to Be Saved?
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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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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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But God. Reflection on Matthew Edwards sermon
But God: When Grace Interrupts Our Story Ephesians 2:1–10 Big Idea Every person has a story that begins with sin, helplessness, and death. The gospel is the story of what God has done—not what we have done. The two words “But God” mark the turning point of every believer’s life. Introduction Throughout Scripture, impossible situations…
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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…
John Hargrove Seeking Truth and Reality 