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Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/see-sin-as-sinful/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Jesus said that outsiders will know that we are His disciples by our love. So how do we welcome and cultivate God’s love in a way that goes beyond just being friendly and p...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/see-god-as-god/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Friendliness is great. But in a capitalist country, every company that stays open year-to-year has to learn at least some level of friendliness in order to keep your business....

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/4-realities-to-rest-in-for-a-good-nights-sleep/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Wars. Threats of world war. Increase in secularization of culture. Political division. Threats on holders of faith and seemingly growing persec...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/gifts-of-the-spirit/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ One of the important points of emphasis in Scripture is the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, it is also a point of contention in many churches. What should...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/praying-with-a-megaphone-adding-fasting-to-prayer/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Toward the end of my father’s life, he suffered a stroke and became aphasic, meaning he could no longer speak. Since he could not communicat...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/why-should-i-pray/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ We have a relationship with an omniscient God who already knows every thought we have. Why would we talk to him, then, to tell him things and ask him for things? Why can’t...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/sunday-best-what-might-our-best-actually-look-like/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Remember that expression Sunday Best? It usually referred to church clothes: a dressy wardrobe that was reserved for the first day of the w...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/search-me-o-god/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ You want to know a surprisingly powerful two-word prayer you can pray each day? We find it in Psalm 139:23 (NIV): “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxi...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/is-the-church-an-institution/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Have you ever heard someone say something like, “The Church was never meant to be an institution”? I have been hearing statements like this thrown around more an...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/who-was-michal-in-the-bible/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ We learn about Michal in the books of 1 and 2 Samuel in the Bible. She was the daughter of King Saul and the wife of King David’s youth. God had promised the Savi...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/learning-from-alexander-campbell/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Do you attend a Christian Church or a Church of Christ or a Community Church in North America? If so, you have been directly or indirectly influenced by Alex...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/review-of-scrolling-ourselves-to-death/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Remembering Postman In 1985, Neil Postman published his seminal book on technology and cultural analysis, Amusing Ourselves to Death. The big idea of P...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-does-the-bible-say-about-strength/    This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ You likely already know that the Bible has much to say about strength. Perhaps you think about Samson in Judges 13-16, whose strength was in his hair...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/how-to-learn-how-to-love/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ In this Q&A on marriage, Joe Beam, bestselling author and founder of Marriage Helper, gives practical advice on how to learn how to love well.  Listen for more.....

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/sustained-by-a-story/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ I grew up in a very hospitable home. There were always people at my house. When company would come over, all the furniture was moved out into a massive circle in the liv...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: hhttps://renew.org/congratulations-youve-got-generations/  This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Every family and church is composed of multiple generations. How should we as Christians feel about this sometimes-volatile concoction? At a recent conf...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/communion-an-opportunity-for-the-easter-christmas-crowd/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ For Jesus, every moment was a “teachable moment.” We marvel at how Jesus could take common, everyday events and point His followers to...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-every-man-needs/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ *Editor’s Note: First Samuel 13 narrates the sad account of how Israel’s first king, Saul, lost the opportunity for his kingdom to endure. God’s prophet Samuel had told...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/make-every-effort/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ If given the choice, many people would opt for living in a do-less, get-more world. With the emergence of generative artificial intelligence, it can be tempting for a stude...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/accountability-and-the-bible/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Not too long ago, I attended church where I had been the senior minister/pastor many years earlier. After church, I had a conversation with a man about a Bible p...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/was-it-loving-to-affirm-my-sin/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Years ago when I abandoned God and embraced sin, several Christians demonstrated their “loving like Jesus” by affirming my right to make my own choices, rallyi...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-is-unity-in-the-bible/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ And the first prize for most unifying religion goes to… Easy answer, right? Obviously, the answer is supposed to be Christianity, isn’t it? And yet the church isn’...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/the-family-you-know-you-need/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Serenity often overruns the clock (and everything else) during my morning coffee. My deck provides the perfect spectator seat to the herd of deer that frequently...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/revitalized-churches-embrace-spiritual-parenting/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ When my son was young, I hadn’t yet learned to be the father I wanted to be. I was wrapped up in all of “my” things, and my tunnel vision did...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/how-does-holiness-relate-to-love/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ How important is holiness? Isn’t it good enough just to be a loving person? And what does it even mean to be holy? The word itself means “set apart.” So, som...