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Book cover for “Set Adrift: Deconstructing What You Believe Without Sinking Your Faith”

How to Deconstruct Without Losing Your Faith: A Book Recommendation for “Set Adrift”

Faith deconstruction has become a huge topic of concern among Christians. Some see the very process as a danger to...
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  • Scott Stein
The book cover for Discover: Questioning Your Way to Faith

Questioning Your Way to Faith: A Book Recommendation for “Discover”

“[Here’s] the beauty of helping young people discover faith: you never know what’s going on in a student’s head until…”
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  • Scott Stein
The book cover for Who Am I? Identity in Christ, by Jerry Bridges

Our Identity in Christ: A Book Recommendation for “Who Am I?” by Jerry Bridges

As Christians, our identity is to be found in our relationship with Christ, not in our subjective and often negative...
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  • Scott Stein
A nativity figure of baby Jesus

If Jesus was “Begotten”, How Can He Be Eternal?

A viewer left a question on one of our YouTube clips about the Trinity that I thought deserved a more...
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  • Scott Stein
A heterosexual couple stands on top of a mountain overlooking a town

Should Christians De‑Throne Heterosexuality?

Is there really such a thing as a heterosexual, homosexual, or even bisexual person? That probably sounds like an absurd question…
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  • Scott Stein
A young man looks down at an open Bible in his hands

Can I Trust and Understand the Bible?

The Bible was put together hundreds of years after Jesus lived.

What good can a two-thousand-year-old book be for todays world?Thats...
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  • Mike McGarry
A lamb stands in a green pasture and looks at the camera

How did Jesus fulfill the law of Moses?

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish...
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  • Scott Stein
Jesus clasps a person’s hands in his as they stand in front of a cross

Is Christian Universalism True?

What is Christian Universalism?Heres how Rob Bell, a proponent of Christian Universalism, describes it:At the heart of this perspective is...
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  • Scott Stein
A dark tunnel leading to a the light at the end of the tunnel

Jesus IS the Only Way — Really?

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.Jesus (John...
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  • Scott Stein
Dark clouds hide the sun

How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?

if your God is loving one second and cruel the next, if your God will punish people for all eternity...
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  • Scott Stein
Someone points at a verse in a Bible as another person holds out their hand in disagreement

Don’t Be a “That’s Just Your Interpretation” Christian 

Theres a kind of mental relativism impacting Christians today, especially those among Generation Z (i.e. those born between 1997 and...
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  • Scott Stein
A person wearing mittens holds out a small wrapped Christmas gift

Jesus’ Christmas Wish for You 

Do you want this Christmas to be a truly amazing and life-changing celebration? Then consider the implications of Jesus’ prayer.
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  • Scott Stein
A man walks away with a packed bag

How Should Christians React to Deconversions?

In 2015, Pew Research reported that for every individual who becomes a Christian, four leave. (1)More recently, there have been...
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  • Scott Stein
A teen boy sits on the curb with his backpack and looks away

Is Your Child Losing Faith?

Dad. Mom I dont think I want to be a Christian anymore.No words could be more painful or create greater...
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  • Scott Stein
A father carries his little daughter on his shoulders as she looks at the sky

“Daddy, Why Can’t I See God?”

Im not sure why its always at bedtime that my kids ask me the hardest questions. Perhaps its because thats...
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  • Scott Stein
A chalk drawing of people around the world holding hands

Can Christians Be Inclusive?

Can Christians be inclusive? Everywhere you look everyone else is bending over backwards to show how inclusive they are. From...
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  • Scott Stein
A gingerbread man and gingerbread woman both lie on parchment paper

Why Did God Make Male and Female?

Have you ever wondered why God made male and female? Today more than ever, this is an important question. There...
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  • Scott Stein
A man lies in bed staring at his phone

Why Are Smartphones So Addictive?

I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in...
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  • Scott Stein
A  young woman smiles and looks up at the sky

Start Thinking Like Jesus - Today!

These are four words that Jesus said to his Father, that reveal the starting place for every thought he ever...
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  • Scott Stein
A teen boy sits on the step in front of his house, deep in thought

How Do I Start Thinking Like Jesus?

I have a chronic dandelion problem in my yard.I pull them up, I spray them and run them over with...
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  • Scott Stein
A pair of shoes. One shoe is shiny and polished, while the other shoe looks tattered and worn.

Why Do Bad People Prosper and Good People Suffer? Insights from St. Augustine in The City of God

This week I learned of the tragic loss of a Christian family within my own church community. The automatic response...
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  • Scott Stein
A drone view of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil

“So” Misunderstood - John 3:16 Might Not Mean What You Think

John 3:16 is arguably the best known verse in the Bible. It shows up on signs, cards, posters, billboards, t-shirts...
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  • Scott Stein
A woman prays outdoors beside her house

The Power of a Praying Mother

One of the churchs earliest and greatest thinkers and theologians, after the Apostles, was a man by the name of...
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  • Scott Stein
A judge hits his gavel on the desk

What Christians Can Learn from Anti-Conversion Therapy Laws

Note: For more about Bill C-6, see our article Will Bill C-6 Take Away Our Freedom to Speak on Sex...
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  • Scott Stein
an emtpy tomb with the stone rolled away

Jesus’ Resurrection Gives Us Hope!

No matter lifes circumstances, fixing your eyes on the hope of Jesus resurrection will bring joy to your heart, peace...
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  • Scott Stein
A hand holds a four leaf clover up to the sky

Can Christians Be Lucky?

A Christian parent shared how during a family outing their child declared what good lucktheyd had to have enjoyed such...
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  • Scott Stein
A young woman helps an elderly woman walk through the park

Our Greatest Apologetic: Love

What role does love play in our taking the message of Jesus to the world? How does love relate to...
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  • Scott Stein
A baby holds onto his parent's finger

What’s the Meaning Behind Jesus’ Birth at Christmas?

Whats the real meaning behind why Jesus was born? More specifically, whats so significant about the incarnation?CNNs Larry King was...
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  • Scott Stein
A young girl gazes at a nativity snow globe that she holds in her hands

What Does “Keep Christ in Christmas” Even Mean? 

Christians are often concerned at Christmastime with keeping Christ in Christmas. But maybe we should spend a bit more time...
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  • Scott Stein
An old painting of the nativity scene, with Mary and angels gazing down at baby Jesus

Is The Christmas Story Historical?

Is the Christmas story historically reliable?Its often presented with an almost mythic quality, as the above painting reflects. Its no...
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  • Scott Stein