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He Will Finish What He Started

Aug 30, 2026

Paul writes the most joyful letter of his life from a prison cell — and stakes that joy on a promise: the One who began the good work in you will complete it

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A Name for Ourselves

Aug 26, 2026

Humanity gathers on a plain to build a tower to heaven and make a name for itself — and God comes down, scatters the proud, and later makes a great name of His own choosing

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Standing Is the Victory

Aug 23, 2026

The whole armor of God, the real enemy, and the surprise that the goal isn't to conquer — it's to remain standing

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Start Here: An Eleven-Week Walk Through Ephesians

Aug 23, 2026

The complete Ordinary Means study of Paul's letter to the Ephesians, in order — from God's eternal choice to a tired Christian standing in his armor

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The War-Bow in the Clouds

Aug 19, 2026

After the flood, God hangs His bow in the sky — and a warrior's bow, hung up, is a weapon laid down: the sign of a one-sided covenant of peace

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A Sermon Without Words

Aug 16, 2026

Paul says the Christian household isn't off to the side of the gospel — it's a living picture of it

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The LORD Shut Him In

Aug 12, 2026

The same waters that drowned a violent world carried one family safely through — judgment and rescue in a single act, which Peter says corresponds to baptism

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It Sounds Like Singing

Aug 9, 2026

Paul says the Spirit-filled life doesn't look like spectacle — it looks like a congregation singing, giving thanks, and deferring to one another

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The Refrain That Broke

Aug 5, 2026

A genealogy tolls "and he died" eight times like a slow bell — and then, at the seventh name, the refrain breaks: Enoch walked with God, and was not, for God took him

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A Change of Clothes

Aug 2, 2026

Paul says the Christian life is taking off the old self and putting on the new — not once, but every single day

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