“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”- Augustine Since our first exile from the Garden of Eden, we have…
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Jesus knows. Those two words are packed full of meaning and comfort for us today. He knows what it’s like to live in this world and all of its false…
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Is this it? That’s the question that, at some point, we all will ask ourselves. As we work so hard and pursue so many different things, what we inevitably find…
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What we long for teaches us something about ourselves. When all of humanity shares that same longing, we can begin to understand even deeper truths about how we are created….
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God’s word is “living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Heb 4:12). At Providence, we believe that is true, but we also acknowledge that sometimes it is very…
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Who are the most influential figures in the Old Testament? If you were to ask the average church-goer, they probably wouldn’t put Ezra in their top 10. However, Ezra’s influence…
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God works in mysterious ways. We know this to be true. While they may be mysterious, they’re also remarkably consistent. The pattern that emerges from scripture is that God is…
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What does God ask of us? It’s a heavy question that can set our heads spinning and our hearts sinking. As Esther is faced with this question, she has to…
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Have you ever considered how much easier your life would be if you had a narrator to follow you around and help you correctly interpret everything that’s happening around you?…
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What does it mean to be blessed by God? Is it material possessions? Good health? Great influence? What if none of those things are, in and of themselves, markers of…
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In a world gone mad, how do Christians navigate? Compromise is always on the table and one Satan is comfortable to offer. Fighting and endless conflict seems to be our…
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The long-awaited moment had come. The priests were gathered in their robes, the people sang loudly, the trumpets blew, and the old men…wept with sorrow. Huh? It’s not the response…
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If we’re honest, the Bible can be boring sometimes. It’s okay to say that. It’s not there to entertain us. Even when it’s boring, it can still teach us a…
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The history of Ancient Israel seems like a pretty far removed topic in our current world fraught with turmoil. As it turns out, there’s a lot that we can learn…
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As we kick off a new year at Providence, we consider the role of New Year’s resolutions. Is there a point? Are they helpful? Are they just a joke? It…
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As 2020 comes to a close, we eagerly await the start of a new year, perhaps unlike ever before. This week affords us the rare opportunity to consider what we…
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Princess Jasmine was bored with her royal life. She needed a change. So she decided to disguise herself as one of the peasants outside the palace walls. She left the…
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Christians, and really all humans, suffer from a massive problem that is almost impossible to fix. We think we know God and have some idea what he is like, but…
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What is it that keeps us from making an impact? What stops us from being used in the ways that God wants to use us? Often it’s because we don’t…
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God loves you. That is a familiar refrain for most of us. So familiar it has all but lost its power, but it is a profound truth we cannot take…
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