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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The angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. Who will win? The one that promises fun or the one that calls for self-restraint? This is, to many…
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When you think about who God is and how you’d describe him, gentleness is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. After all, we hear so much about…
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When we talk about God’s attributes, it can be easy to skip over the ones that seem harsh or difficult. Scripture is clear that anger is part of how God…
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God is good, all the time. We know this to be true, but do we even know what it means? All God does flows from the fountain of his goodness….
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We all want to be happy. So why does the Bible feel the need to command us to be happy? So much so that it is the most often repeated…
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Somewhere along the way, the church has chosen to celebrate traits that we don’t see celebrated the same way in scripture. We celebrate people that are adventurous, full of bravado,…
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What does a successful life look like? Our culture bombards us with pictures of a life well-lived. Does the bible give us a vision for a successful life too? If…
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Do you cringe every time you read that “love is patient?” Patience is certainly easier to receive than it is to give. That’s why they call it a virtue. Truly,…
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Peace. In a world full of chaos, there may be nothing as elusive as peace. We yearn for peace in our surrounding world, but it is the inner peace that…
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Taking our first steps is full of frustrations, bumps, and bruises, but those first steps are essential to learn to walk and grow. So it is with following Jesus. We…
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Not all days are created equal. Some days pass with little importance, but there are other days that will have a lasting impact. As Paul pleads in his letter to…
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The story on 2020 is not finished. What’s our role in the rest of this year? What story will we tell? When the blind man gained his sight for the…
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What happens when life turns to chaos and our comfort zone evaporates? Where do we go? What do we do? How do we respond? 2020 has been the terrifying merry-go-round…
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