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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 06 | Words of Life
Episode 6: Words of Life Scripture: John 6:60–69 What do you do when following Jesus becomes difficult? In John 6, many of Jesus’ disciples walk away. Not strangers. Not enemies. Disciples. They had seen the miracles. They had eaten the bread. But when his teaching became hard—when it no longer met their expectations—they turned back.… Read more
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The Dragon and the Righteous King – Part One
The Damnation of Smaug I’ve been thinking a lot about Middle-earth lately. Middle-earth is the setting for the epic and wonderful stories created by J.R.R. Tolkien. You might know Middle-earth from stories like The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. I often go back to these stories because, even though they are pure fantasy… Read more
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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 05 | The Bread We’re Actually Hungry For
Episode 5: The Bread We’re Actually Hungry For Sometimes what we think we need most isn’t what truly gives life. After feeding five thousand people with a few loaves of bread, Jesus becomes wildly popular. The crowd goes looking for him the next day because they are hungry for more. But instead of repeating the… Read more
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Grace That Does More Than Forgive
Somewhere along the way, many of us accepted a quiet lie. The lie goes like this: Christianity is something done for us, but not necessarily in us or through us. We were told (sometimes explicitly, often subtly) that if we affirm a few essential truths about God, agree that Jesus died for our sins, and… Read more
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Seeing Their Faith – Ep. 04 | A Familiar Feast
Episode 4: A Familiar Feast There’s something sacred about a table. In this episode of Seeing Their Faith, we reflect on a simple but profound truth: Those seeking Jesus will find community in Christ. And those seeking community will find Jesus in their midst. Again and again in the Gospels, Jesus reveals himself around a… Read more
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When Christianity Stops Believing in Jesus
This is the third and final post in a short series reflecting on formation, power, and the public witness of the church. In the first post, I explored how concern for culture became an economy of outrage. In the second, I reflected on how a tradition shaped by revival and conversion drifted toward control and… Read more
Tanner H Griffin 