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  • For the Heart
    • Did God Call Me to My Work? Is Calling a Christian Notion?

      Joel Arnold Joel Arnold, April 9, 2026
    • Your Word was to me… like eggplant?

      Sarah Arnold, April 7, 2026
    • missionary biographies

      Risk Setting Your Soul on Fire: Start Reading Missionary Biographies Today

      M. R. Conrad, March 17, 2026
  • Knowing the Word
    • My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? Five Realities Jesus Experienced in the Darkness

      M. R. Conrad, April 21, 2026
    • A Closer Look at the Qualifications of Elders

      Avatar photo Forrest McPhail, April 16, 2026
    • Your Word was to me… like eggplant?

      Sarah Arnold, April 7, 2026
  • Ministry
    • A Closer Look at the Qualifications of Elders

      Avatar photo Forrest McPhail, April 16, 2026
    • The Power of the Gospel on Display Through Spiritual Leadership

      Avatar photo Forrest McPhail, April 14, 2026
    • The Necessity of Modeling Reproducible Spiritual Leadership

      Avatar photo Forrest McPhail, March 26, 2026
  • Quotes
    • William Borden: Not the Easy Road

      M. R. Conrad, April 23, 2026
    • missionary biographies

      Risk Setting Your Soul on Fire: Start Reading Missionary Biographies Today

      M. R. Conrad, March 17, 2026
    • Eric Liddell: Surrendering All

      M. R. Conrad, January 22, 2026
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For the HeartKnowing the Word

Should Christians Drink Intoxicating Beverages? Here is the First Consideration.

Avatar photo Forrest McPhail, September 12, 2023

Whether your proclivity is to immediately side with total abstinence or allowance according to conscience, we need humility before God and His Word. We must strive to not take away from God’s revealed will or go beyond it.

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For the Heart

Two Words that Are Key to Becoming a Successful Missionary

Avatar photo Paul Schlehlein, September 7, 2023

You won’t like my answer, but here it is anyway: Endure hardness. There are no shortcuts to becoming a successful missionary. There’s no quick, alternative …

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Book Reviews

Is Your Phone Changing You?

Avatar photo Paul Schlehlein, September 5, 2023

Review of Tony Reinke, Crossway, 224 pages, 4 of 5 stars I read this book slowly because I hate how often I check my smartphone (SP). …

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Book ReviewsQuotes

Possibly the Best Missionary Biography You Have Never Heard Of: The Life of Lilias Trotter

M. R. Conrad, August 31, 2023

Trotter, a wealthy young woman from an aristocratic British family, turned her back on a promising artistic career to become a missionary to Muslim women in the north African nation of Algeria.

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Ministry

The Christian, A Fireman

M. R. Conrad, August 29, 2023

Does it seem to you that ministry sometimes devolves into a frantic cycle of putting out fires? Where do these fires come from? If you …

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For the HeartMinistry

A Prayer Straight from God’s Heart that Calibrates Mine

Avatar photo Forrest McPhail, August 24, 2023

God in His wisdom knew that His Church needed this very searching and practical prayer. He knew that we need it continually as an important means of steering our hearts away from the world’s distractions and toward His love for the lost and His eternal purpose to use us to reach the nations.

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Book ReviewsMinistry

The Backstory of the Book Pioneer Missions

Avatar photo Forrest McPhail, August 22, 2023

The book Pioneer Missions kind of just happened. Our family had relocated to Samraong, the small rural district capital of Oddar Meanchey Province. This province …

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For the Heart

A Few Thoughts on Reading

Avatar photo Micah Colbert, August 17, 2023

In his classic work, “How to Read a Book,” Mortimer Adler writes, “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how …

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Ministry

Preachers Teach, and the Spirit Applies, Right?

Avatar photo Paul Schlehlein, August 15, 2023

Preachers with little application in their sermons may give the following justification: “It is the Spirit’s task to apply, not mine.” That is, it’s their …

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Book ReviewsQuotes

Which Biography of William Carey Should I Read?

M. R. Conrad, August 10, 2023

Many biographers have published works on the life of William Carey, and most of them are incredibly dry. But not this one!

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