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Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-it-takes-to-call-out-unrighteousness/   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 does it take to correctly call a beloved cultural custom “unrighteous”? To call a lewd TV show everyone’s watching unrighteous. To call a disho...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/who-is-hannah-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/ Hannah lived at the end of the period of the Judges (approximately 1100 B.C.) in Israel. The Bible records her story in 1 Samuel. Many women (and their husbands) w...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/get-em-in-the-river/   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/ Ever since I sat in a river named Río Espíritu Santo in Puerto Rico last year, my approach to discipleship has shifted slightly. The river’s name in English literally mea...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/hearing-god-in-a-culture-of-instant-answers/   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 live in an instant answer culture. Google has trained us to expect answers now! However, the answers it gives are based more on algorithm than...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/how-a-16-year-old-taught-me-most-of-what-i-know-about-disciple-making/   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 morning sun was already doing its thing as we sat on super-heated metal chairs in the church parking lot. I was a 19...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/my-church-has-small-groups-so-were-doing-discipleship-right/   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/ This just in: The church’s mission is to make disciples. Not just programs, processes, or worship gatherings. The mission has alwa...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/jesus-the-final-revelation-not-muhammad/   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 Muslims believe that Muhammad is the final prophet, the last in a long line of messengers from God. The Qur’an itself states, “Muhammad is not th...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/the-need-for-making-disciples/   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 had one of those “God, why?” moments? God, why did this happen to me? God, why did I end up here? God, I don’t understand. God, are You even there...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-is-the-antichrist-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/ What comes to mind when you think of the Antichrist? In pop culture, whether movies or TV, the Antichrist has been pictured as a devil child or a devil-li...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/is-jesus-the-only-savior/   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 our deeply divided culture, where social media fuels endless debates and personal spiritual paths are celebrated as equally valid, one question persists: “Is Jesu...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/5-facts-about-st-patrick/ 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 legends and stories have been created about Patrick, but very little about his life can actually be confirmed. The most reliable information about Patrick’s life...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/heart-is-deceitful/   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 are never better deceived than when we deceive ourselves.”[1] “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal [but not equal to God], that the...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/abiding-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/ Author’s note: This is my fifth article dealing with pastoral burnout. Recent Barna research revealed that 33% of ministers had given serious thought to quitting.[1] My own re...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/calvinism-irresistible-grace/   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 most well-known feature of Calvinism is its famous five points, often referred to by Calvinists as “the doctrines of grace” and represented by the acronym TU...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/a-letter-to-my-fifteen-year-old-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/ *Editor’s Note: If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would you say? How would you advise your younger self in navigating the difficulti...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/paul-the-missionary-how-gospel-preaching-fueled-his-mission/   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/ *Author’s Note: Paul’s encounter with Christ led him to a greater understanding of the faith, and from that encounter, Paul develo...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/a-case-for-bible-words/   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/ Each culture develops its own language. This is true not only within ethnic cultures but within subcultures. Within the basketball culture there are words such as “cut...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/the-life-and-work-of-gregory-palamas-eastern-orthodox-theologian/   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/ Gregory Palamas is a name that frequently appears in the study and reading of the history and doctrine of the Eastern Orthodo...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org:  https://renew.org/who-is-the-beast-in-revelation/   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: There seem to be as many interpretations of the book of Revelation as there are readers. It’s true that we find core Christian truths in Revela...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/5-ways-to-pray-with-your-kids/   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 do our children see God based on the way we pray? Do they picture Him as the almighty Creator of the universe, the Shepherd of their souls, the One who hold...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/just-over-the-horizon/   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 the apostle John was just a small child, he likely made his first pilgrimage to the holy city of Jerusalem with his family. His father Zebedee, his mother Salome,...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/has-worry-replaced-wonder/   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/ Sometimes fear crushes our imagination. Nearly 130 years ago, two young dreamers named Wilbur and Orville Wright ran a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. They came from...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-happens-when-churches-overemphasize-social-justice/   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 believe in the gospel. It is not just “good news”—it is the best news a human being can ever hear. It tells us about the greatest a...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/summary-of-ezekiel/   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 book of Ezekiel is titled after the name of the prophet Ezekiel, son of Buzi who was among the exiles of Babylon. What do we know about this unusual book of prophetic...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/jesus-told-us-to-go-bird-watching/   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 I’m honest, I sometimes feel a little embarrassed going on walks with my parents. Why? Well…my mom and dad…are bird watchers. Mom, Dad, I know that you’r...