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His Eye Is on the Sparrow

Do not fear; you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows. — Luke 12:7 NASB A note from Anne: When we were in the planning stages of Entertaining ...

Letting God Fight for You

The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. — Exodus 14:14 Recently, Sadie and I got into a minor tiff because, evidently, I had had ...

Holy Places of Hurt

Ideally, the church should be the one place where we can live authentically, without fear, as a community, but that’s not some people’s experience. Just as Jesus experienced before His ...

God's Unexplainable Protection: The Red Sea

Protection in the Red Sea EXODUS 14 / MARK 4:35–41 And He awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and ...

How Big God Is

Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth. — Numbers 12:3 When I read this verse, I can’t help but think of ...

The God Who Sees: Worshiping in the Desert

Editor’s note: The God Who Sees Online Bible Study is coming soon — starting March 4th! We hope you join us as we study stories in the Bible (David, Hagar, ...

The Ultimate Ending

He has risen from the dead... Now I have told you. — Matthew 28:7 NIV I went into the kitchen after a restless night, thinking about a friend recently diagnosed ...

When Burdens Are Too Burdensome

I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. — Numbers 11:14 Moses boldly spoke these very honest words to the Lord: the Israelites ...

Faith Amid Fear

Perhaps you’ve heard it said that the phrase “fear not” or something similar occurs 365 times in the Bible, one for every day of the year. Clearly, with so many ...

What Is Holy Fear?

It’s impossible to define holy fear in a single sentence, paragraph, or chapter. It’s no different from attempting to explain the full breadth of God’s love in the same space. ...

Lent As a Project

Editor’s Note: “What are you giving up for Lent?”. Chocolate? Designer coffee? Social media? Carbs? Forty days later, some feel disappointed, some feel surprised by their success, but perhaps few ...

When Your World Turns Against You

Get up, we must go. Look, here comes the man who has turned against Me. The words were spoken to Judas. But they could have been spoken to anyone. They ...

Turn Off the Tech

Am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be ...

Did Jesus Have Fun?

Writings from He Gets Us From the beginning, we’ve wanted to share the real Jesus. At some point along the way, we realized that despite our best efforts to show ...

Fasting

Editor’s note: Of all the spiritual disciplines, fasting is probably one of the least practiced. Fasting is hard. It takes grit, but it is so worth it! As we near ...

The Art of Listening: Truth and Tone

The Art of Compassionate Conversations “Sir,” the woman said, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can You get this living water? Are You greater ...

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Free Online Bible Study by Jennie Allen

Free Online Bible Study by Jennie Allen

What does the Bible tell us about our emotions? Join the free Untangle Your Emotions Online Bible Study and get exclusive content from author Jennie Allen, 6 study videos, and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 6/10.