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Shades of Belief

You believe in SOMETHING
A nice mother-daughter hug.

Outbound Love

It's nice to be loved. What about the reverse?
Floor mosaic of a the Tree of Life (as a pomegranite) from the Big Basilica at Heraclea Lyncestis. Bitola, Macedonia

What the Bible says about... its Inner Meaning

What does the Bible say about its own inner meaning? Regardless of whether we prefer a literal or symbolic interpretation, it makes sense to look at how the Bible interprets itself.
bride by window, from behind

The Marriage of Good and Truth

We need to marry a desire for good to a true understanding of how to be good. The search for this union is the basis of spiritual rebirth.
Three layers of meaning; A single light soap bubble photograph by Pashminu, from Wikimedia Commons.

God is Upstream

If our culture is broken, what should we do?
Marvel: a fiddlehead fern unfolds

What the Bible Says about Being Born Again

Our spiritual life changes gradually. Not all at once. Are we heading in the right direction? How can we be spiritually reborn? It's a process. (See 2 Peter 1:5, and many other places in the Word.)

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Featured Stories

I don't want to hear it.

Ahab does not like the pattern

King Ahab is almost a comical figure in his complaining about the bad news he always hears from a prophet of the Lord. Amazingly, he seems completely unaware of the fact that he is personally responsible for the evil prophecy that always comes his way.
Enghave Kirke, Børnealtertavle:Den barmhjertige Samaritaner

How Shall I Inherit Eternal Life?

Jesus's parable of the Good Samaritan is sparked by a man who asks a fundamental human question: "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Rev. Jim Cooper ties Jesus's answer to another place in the Gospels where that question is asked.
Feed my lambs and Feed my sheep

An After-Breakfast Conversation

In this story, Jesus quizzes Peter - in the curious - 'Feed my Lambs' conversation. Then He tells 7 disciples a short parable, and squelches a flash of competitiveness.
The disciples bow to Jesus in this anonymous fresco from a church in Cappadocia, a region of Turkey with underground cities used as hideouts by early Christians.

Gathering and Sending Out the Disciples

In a deep sense, the gathering together of the twelve disciples, before sending them out as apostles, represents an important step in our spiritual development.
Fresco of the Sermon on the Mount

The Beatitudes

The opening phrases of the Sermon on the Mount hold some of the Bible’s most beautiful and best-loved poetry. It's inspiring, and yet not clear... what does it mean for us?
light connection

The Veil was Torn in Two

When Jesus died on the cross, the veil of the temple in Jerusalem was "rent in twain" from top to bottom. It was a watershed event in spiritual history.

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