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Buy the Field

Chase Benefiel -
In the midst of exile, hardship, and devastation, Jeremiah did something strange, and yet a great sign of hope. Jeremiah bought a field.
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On Providence & Practical Deism

Leander Harding -
Even Christians sometimes slip into a kind of practical deism. Do we believe that God is at work and present even in the midst of suffering?
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Providence & Provocation: On the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Chris Dow -
When Christians see the zeal of the Jehovah's Witnesses, who are Arians, might that inspire us to a similar zeal for the Gospel?
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When Friends Call You Job: Suffering & Divine Providence

Denise Rowe-Dollinger -
Our faith doesn't demand we make sense of suffering, but trust in this God who is one of us and suffers with us.
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Inglorious Figures: The Olivet Discourses

John Deepak Sundara -
Each of the figures in Jesus's Olivet Discourses in Matthew's gospel is a sign of God’s imminent presence, and they demand a response.
Sunday's Readings

Light and Beauty (Pentecost 2, Year B)

Patrick Twomey -
St. John writes, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.”
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Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Jonathan Mitchican -
As I grew up in the 1990s, few hours of television were as sacrosanct to me as Quantum Leap. I was already a lover...
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Enough is Enough

Chip Prehn -
I write from Sassafras Farm in Augusta County, Virginia. August has just turned into September. There is — even on these hot days — a...
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‘Secular’ Neglect, Salvation Anyway:

Wesley Hill -
Esther 5:9–8:14 and the Theology of the Book of Esther By Wesley Hill In my work as a New Testament professor, I regularly introduce students to...
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For Such a Time as This

Hannah Matis -
Esther 3:1-5:8 By Hannah Matis If thrillers, even when unrealistic, give you a sense of what people are afraid of in contemporary society, romance novels can...
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