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4 Things I've Learned about God through My Baby Who Was Born Blind

Posted on August 1, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Pastor Mike Anderson writes a moving post: It’s not often that you get the opportunity to empathize with God; I recently experienced that bitter-sweet insight when I found out that my eleven-week-old baby girl was born almost completely blind. Read the rest.

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Bitter and Sweet

Posted on July 29, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

A poem by John Newton: Kindle, Saviour, in my heart, A flame of love divine; Hear, for mine I trust thou art, And sure I would be thine; If my soul has felt thy grace, If to me thy name is known; Why should trifles fill the place Due to thyself alone? ‘Tis a strange […]

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The ESV Student Study Bible

Posted on July 28, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

For all of you ESV readers out there, our friends over at Crossway have just released the long-awaited ESV Student Study Bible. Check out the video trailer: With 12,000 clear, concise study notes, the ESV Student Study Bible provides numerous new features—including nearly 900 “Did You Know?” facts, 120 new Bible character profiles, and 15 […]

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When My Heart Is Overwhelmed

Posted on July 27, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

A couple of years ago, Pastor Britt Merrick preached a heart-wrenching sermon on God’s sovereignty in our suffering. He had just found out that his baby girl, five-year-old Daisy, had cancer. And the odds were not looking good for her. Thankfully, two years and thousands of prayers later, Daisy is doing much better. I appreciate […]

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Letter to an Unborn Baby

Posted on July 26, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Dr. Russell Moore, author of Adopted for Life, writes a letter to an unborn baby boy who is about to be adopted: My prayer for you is that you see how fervently you are loved. Your birth-mother loved you, or you wouldn’t be here to read this. Your parents love you, and always will, no […]

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Wonderfully Made

Posted on July 26, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Louie Giglio: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. (Psalm 139:14)

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The Joy of Mission

Posted on July 25, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Lesslie Newbigin: “There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It has been customary to speak of ‘the missionary mandate.’ This way of putting the matter is certainly not without justification, and yet it seems to me that is misses the point. It tends […]

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"My honor was that Jesus Christ should reign"

Posted on July 22, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

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Do Christians have to go to church?

Posted on July 21, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Another great video from Mike McKinley on a topic that is controversial in our church-hopping society.

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Don't despute. Testify!

Posted on July 20, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

“Do all things without murmurings and disputing, that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God,without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world; holding forth the Word of Life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have […]

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