Bible studies
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Don’t pray for patience?
“Don’t pray for patience. If you do, God will give you a difficult experience to teach you.”
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Good news for all the people
Luke’s Gospel overturns commonly accepted social, political, and economic norms and challenges us to consider, “What is good news for all the people?”
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Practice thanksgiving
As we consider ways to practice thanksgiving, an often-overlooked resource is the book of Psalms.
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On Compassion
Can van Gogh’s painting help us reclaim Jesus’ parable as something more than a cliché?
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Do numbers matter?
Is a small church an unsuccessful church? Is "success" really our goal?
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Where two or three are gathered
What are we admitting about our faith in Jesus if leaving the church seems better than reconciling broken relationships?
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More than you can handle?
What does it mean to "handle" suffering? What do we think "not handling" things would look like?
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We once were lost
Do human beings need to be reborn, or do we simply need to be improved?
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God helps those who help themselves?
What do you get when you combine an erroneous belief about God, an ancient fable, an old theological heresy, and the lyrics to a favorite hymn?
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It’s not my place to judge?
What if we could challenge difficult behavior without fearing that people would leave the church?
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A church where you will be comfortable
Should we seek out a different congregation where we will feel more comfortable?
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Emmaus moments
Insight can occur anywhere and at any time, even over a fast food meal in a shopping mall food court.
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Refugee Jesus
Jesus was a refugee! Mary and Joseph were refugees! What does that mean for us?
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