5 Bible Verses to Guide You into the New Year
The start of a new year can bring a lot of different emotions. Anticipation. Weariness. Fear. Excitement. Discouragement. Impatience. You might be experiencing some of these emotions as we look forward to the new year. Maybe you’re tired after a long and difficult year and dreading what the next year holds. Maybe you’re feeling disheartened about something in your life…
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Bible Verses to Help You Endure Financial Stress
For my first unofficial job, I charged a whopping $12 to mow lawns in my neighborhood. At first, I wanted to experience the responsibility of running my own business. But quickly, this excitement evolved into something different: if I didn't mow lawns, I wouldn't be able to buy all the things I wanted to buy—music, baseball jerseys, video games.When I…
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What’s Love Got to Do with It?
It’s a rare blessing when a writer transforms your thinking on a certain subject. With her book Teach Us to Want (IVP, 2015), Jen Pollock Michel has done just that. In our continuing efforts to understand, promote, and enhance Bible engagement, we’ve come to appreciate this writer’s emphasis on how a passion for God drives us to Scripture. We invited…
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Prayers to Withstand Your Family Struggles
No show has ever made me laugh harder than Everybody Loves Raymond. The sitcom stars Ray Barone, a smart-aleck journalist who navigates an overbearing mother, a cranky wife and two energetic twins. In this family, Ray can do nothing right. He's punished for every mistake, serves as the subject of every joke and receives no support in his quest to become…
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Washington News – IRS ‘Get Transcript’ Service Relaunched
Many taxpayers need a transcript of a prior tax return to qualify for a home loan or other business loan. The IRS “Get Transcript” online service exists to help taxpayers obtain their records. However, this service was disabled in 2015 after over one million unauthorized attempts to obtain tax returns.Following extensive efforts by the IRS and private digital security experts,…
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Bible Verses for Strength When You Feel Weak
As you saunter through your front door and drop your belongings onto a chair, tears begin to stream down your face. You try to wipe them away, but they just keep flowing. I don't get it, you think to yourself. How did I get to this point? For the third day in a row, you feel like a fraction of…
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What Last Days in the Desert Taught Me About Jesus’ Humanity
Last week I took the train from Philadelphia to New York to see Last Days in the Desert, a new film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia about Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. Garcia focuses on Jesus' journey out of the desert toward Jerusalem, adding in an extrabiblical account of Jesus' encounter with a Bedouin family. This marks the final…
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