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Can a Believer Lose Their Salvation? A Red Herring Question?
If you've been a Christian for a while, you have probably heard this question many times: "Can a believer lose his or her salvation?" This usually leads to endless debates between well-meaning Christians on both sides of the issue. The "Calvinist" props up John 10:28-30 and the...
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Jared Ingle
Texts at the Turn of a Chapter
Scriptural Texts will speak to you at all times, even at the uncomfortable turn of a chapter. I just turned one year older. I am certain of this. The year ahead of me has got to be easier than the year behind me. I sense that I am edging out of the storm, out of...
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Positive Pensées
Are We Entertaining Angels Unawares?
“An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of a man by strengthening the power of vision. ”St. Thomas Aquinas. Angels are everywhere...
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Carl McColman
Memento Mori: The Contemplation of Death and the Wonder of Life
Even Your Breath Can Be Your "Sacred Word"
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Strategic Monk
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Alignment
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Ordinary Rituals That Create Sacred Space
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Calendar of Light 2023
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Human Encounter
We’re All Snowflakes, and That’s OK
7 Surprises Inside the Vatican’s Secret Archives
Are You Worshipping God or Pinhead?
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Voices in the Stillness
Sitting Bull's Prophetic Dreams
Practices From the Inside Out: Taking Steps Toward Awakening
Practices From the Inside Out: Taking Steps Toward Awakening
Isolation in Community
Tolerating Distraction
Could Consciousness All Come Down to the Way Things Vibrate?
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Holyscapes
Cracks in Stony Soil
Memento Mori
Low Tide
Gratitude in Heavy Times
The Way of Jesus, Jesus as Way
A Guide Book to America’s Sacred Groves: A Review of America’s Holy Ground
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Ordinary Mystic
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James Baldwin: Prophet of Love
On Christianity, God as Creativity, and the Arts
Joy and Justice Belong Together
Beyond Light Supremacy: Let There be Light *and* Darkness
St. Francis and Loving Animals from "Other" to "Brother"
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Mindful Christianity Today
What is Your Hurry?
There is a Battle for Your Mind
What Should I Do?
The Desire of the Ages
Just Come Home
In the Emergency Room of Life
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Lorraine Kisly
A FIRST EXPERIMENT WITH THE LORD'S PRAYER
THE OPIATE OF UNBELIEF
BECOMING A DISCIPLE
GATHERED TOGETHER
PRAYING AS IF
The Awaiting Lord
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Awake Awareness Cannot Be Developed
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Following the Example of Ebenezer Scrooge
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Food and Religion
Revisiting The Old Church Cookbook And Its Life Lessons.
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Jesus Is the Bread of Life: The First "I Am"
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Have You Cleaned Out Your Spiritual Refrigerator Recently?
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Inside Out 2 From A Jewish Perspective
Default Defense Mechanisms vs Godly and God Mechanism
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Are We Entertaining Angels Unawares?
Life Kind Of Feels Like A Fever Dream Right Now
Theodora Dodge: A Flagrant Insurrection
God’s Warcraft and Battle Strategy, Are they Illogical?
The Dastardly Deeds of the Hall of Fame of Faith
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Three Essentials of Discipleship
Perhaps It Is Time For A Timeline Cleanse
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Life Has Choices. Destruction. Definition and Strength.
What Can I Give God? A Mustard Seed.
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God Calls Us to Forgive? But Why?
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The Asbury Revival: The Outpouring's 1 Year Anniversary
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What Makes Us Human: On AI and the Human Animal
Mystery Of The Mass
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Theodora Dodge: Life In Occupied Belgium
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Are You Obedient or Are You Devoted?
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