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Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/fasting-a-surprising-journey-into-joy/   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/ Fasting: A Surprising Journey into Joy Desperation led to a new spiritual rhythm. In a season of overwhelming burden, the author turned to fasting and f...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/review-of-daniel-darlings-in-defense-of-christian-patriotism/   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/ “America is living through a crisis. But it’s probably a crisis you haven’t noticed. It’s a crisis of ingratitude.” These are the...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/advice-id-give-my-younger-self/   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’ve only ever worn a purple robe once in my life—the day I graduated high school. I grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, and attended Lathrop High School. Our colors...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/practices-of-top-disciple-making-groups/   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/ Recently, I was shopping around for a new car (and by new, I mean used, but new to me). I am not much of a car guy, but it was pretty clear from the b...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/obedience-based-reproducible-models/   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/ Imagine a disciple making model so simple a teenager could lead it in a school cafeteria, a new believer could start it in a living room, a prisoner could...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/5-sources-of-endurance/   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/ 5 Sources of Endurance – Building Strength in Faith 5 Sources of Endurance emphasize that God, Scripture, and prayer provide the foundation believers need to persevere...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/a-meditation-on-ephesians-429/   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/ Before launching into this post, I need to acknowledge that I struggle with my words. In my writings, I wrestle publicly with ideas in the hopes of arriving at...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/10-tools-for-biblical-interpretation/   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/ Biblical interpretation is a virtual science these days. Many PhDs are granted each year in this impressive academic discipline. Scholars study genre—loo...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/addiction-understanding-the-brain-and-neuroplasticity/   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/ What is our answer as Christians to the problem of addiction? Before I even attempt to provide an answer, I find it very helpful to star...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/summary-of-romans/   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/ Here is a short summary of Romans: Paul wrote Romans at the end of his third missionary journey to establish the church in Rome in apostolic teaching so they could be a lau...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/church-elders-spiritual-warfare/   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/ Spiritual warfare is real. As Resources Director for e2 effective elders, I get to help field questions from church elders. Besides “where do we find new elde...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/making-disciples-in-my-circles-of-concern/   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 we plan on discipling people into a relationship with Christ, it is probably best that we look first at people nearby. I like to identify people...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/review-of-andrew-rilleras-lamb-of-the-free/   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/ The aim of Lamb of the Free (Cascade Books, 2024) is to argue against penal substitutionary atonement (PSA). This shouldn’t surprise anyone. It has...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-does-it-mean-to-be-above-reproach/   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 seen the movie Hoodwinked? It’s an animated movie in which the story of Little Red Riding Hood is told from four different-but-complementary p...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/so-you-want-to-be-a-shepherd/   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/ Be a Joiner, a Team Player, and a Collaborator This is a team; not a competition among individuals. Most of the best ideas won’t come from you, and that’s probab...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/practical-postmodernists/   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/ Many Christians today consciously or subconsciously let their personal experience determine their interpretation of the Bible. It’s easy to make that mistake. Any Bi...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/whats-sunday-really-for/   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/ Back in the 1950s, the Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz discovered a fact of nature everyone should know: ducklings, it turns out, are gullible. Arriving in the world...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/should-a-christian-attend-a-same-sex-wedding/   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/ It is an honor to be invited to someone’s wedding. It speaks to trust, love, loyalty, and friendship. It means those who invited you value your r...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/god-who-comes-near-hebrews-2-and-the-gospels-contrast-with-islam/   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/ The Hebrews author provides us in 2:14–18 with some remarkable Christology. The necessity of the Incarnation is discussed, al...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/how-much-do-you-believe-the-gospel/   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 received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.” (Romans 1:5, ESV) From...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/we-need-a-better-conversation-about-ivf/   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 2005, Lewis Black was headlining the  Radio and Television Correspondent’s Association Dinner,  when he decided to address the politically-oriented...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/convictional-leadership/   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/ Church leaders have come to the same realization—your congregation is only as passionate about making disciples as you are. It’s a sobering thought. A clarifying one....

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/helping-our-students-navigate-doubt-deconstruction-and-faith/   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’m not sure about you, but I sense a spark of revival taking place in our country right now. The name of Jesus is being proclaim...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/walking-through-a-psalm-of-resurrection/   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/ Psalm of Resurrection and God’s Surprising Grace Psalm of Resurrection reveals dramatic reversals. David experienced God’s power turning near-death in...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/how-does-jesus-death-save-me-from-my-sins/   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 would you answer the question, “How does Jesus’ death save me from my sins?” Here’s the answer we’ll explore: “Jesus became like us so that we c...