Learning Something New? Gods Word Offers Encouragement
I stared down the man behind the counter, my eyes narrowed and my fist clutching my smartphone like a weapon. He noticed me standing there and, when I didn’t make a move toward him, beckoned me to the counter with a nod. When I opened my mouth, a jumble of Bulgarian poured out. It was bad—so bad that even I…
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4 Bible Verses For When You Feel Broken
I smiled hopefully at the doctor as he felt my right knee for structural damage. "You'll be fine,” he said, to my relief. "Nothing that seems beyond repair. Just skip soccer practice next week.” A few days later, I began to warm up for my next match. But as soon as the ball arrived at right foot, I heard a…
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6 Bible Verses For A Horrible Week
Have you ever endured “one of those weeks”? The type of week when your heater breaks, your fridge goes crazy, you have a big fight with a close friend, an electric panel in your house is deemed a hazard, UPS loses your package and your newborn baby won’t stop crying? The type of week when you feel like hiding from…
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5 Bible Verses For When Change Is Hard
My wife and I are currently reading through J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” As we’ve journeyed alongside Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry, an epiphany has been lingering in the back of my head: I’m just like a Hobbit. I resist change and hope desperately that things in my life will stay the way they are, just like the funny…
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4 Bible Verses For Coping With A Challenging Childhood
My childhood was challenging. I grew up in a tough area in the Bronx where survival was more important than education. Running home from school to avoid fights and gunshots was normal. Then, while already living in a small apartment, my cousins came to live with us after my uncle—a drug dealer—was murdered and my aunt was sent to a…
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Data’s In: 3 Challenges For Bible Engagement In Your Church
We were delighted to receive 241 responses after surveying the readers of this Leaders Blog on various questions related to Bible engagement and church identity. That sample size doesn’t give us fully reliable data on the state of the modern church, but we hope it can start a conversation. Earlier we reported on some basic numbers: your own estimates of…
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4 Bible Verses for Restoring Your Self-Esteem
I grew up imprisoned by low self-esteem; I hated myself so much I often felt suicidal. By nature, I am anxious, introverted and critical (especially toward myself). On top of these tendencies, I spent years living in a broken home with a mentally ill mom and a great deal of trauma and insecurity. But because a sense of self-worth is…
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