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It is possible to remember the story of God’s faithfulness while resisting the life that story calls us to live. We can celebrate His deliverance, speak confidently about belonging to Him, and still fail to recognize how our treatment of…
Published post · About 9 min
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That was Habakkuk’s experience. He had watched violence and injustice spread among God’s people and asked why the Lord had not intervened. When God answered, He revealed that Babylon was coming. This ruthless nation would become an…
Published post · About 11 min
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We do not always postpone obedience because we have decided against it. Sometimes we intend to obey. We simply believe there will be a better time.
Published post · About 18 min
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Few sights are more devastating than a faithful spouse carrying love for a covenant the other person has betrayed. The vows still matter to one, but not to the other. Love remains at home while the wandering heart gives its affection,…
Published post · About 20 min
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Some disasters leave enough behind for us to imagine rebuilding. Others seem to consume the future along with the present.
Published post · About 16 min
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We want God to confront evil. We want Him to see the people who misuse power, hurt others, and act as though no one will ever hold them accountable.
Published post · About 12 min
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We do not always drift from God through one dramatic decision. Sometimes disappointment settles into our lives, and we gradually become less willing to let His word direct our choices. We continue to worship, yet resist what we hear. We…
Published post · About 16 min
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We want people with influence to protect those who depend on them. We want honesty to matter, wrongdoing to be confronted, and families to live without wondering whether someone more powerful will take what little they have.
Published post · About 14 min
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When cruelty continues long enough, we can begin to wonder whether anything will ever change.
Published post · About 14 min
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There are moments when what we see makes it difficult to hold on to what God has promised.
Published post · About 15 min
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We can begin doing what God asks and still become discouraged by how much remains unfinished. We take the first steps, make the needed changes, and return to work we should never have neglected. Yet the distance between where we are and…
Published post · About 10 min
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We have responsibilities to meet, plans to make, and familiar routines that keep our days moving. We still believe in God. We still worship. Yet somewhere along the way, dependence can give way to a quiet confidence that we have things…
Book section · About 16 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
It is possible to remember the story of God’s faithfulness while resisting the life that story calls us to live. We can celebrate His deliverance, speak confidently about belonging to Him, and still fail to recognize how our treatment of…
Book section · About 4 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
There are seasons when life feels full, when blessings seem to stack on top of one another, and we settle into a rhythm that feels predictable and safe. We enjoy the comfort, the stability, the sense that everything is working the way it…
Book section · About 9 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
That was Habakkuk’s experience. He had watched violence and injustice spread among God’s people and asked why the Lord had not intervened. When God answered, He revealed that Babylon was coming. This ruthless nation would become an…
Book section · About 5 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
There are times when what we believe about God and what we see happening around us do not seem to line up. We know He is good. We know He is just. And yet we watch injustice linger, suffering continue, and wrongs go unanswered. It does not…
Book section · About 10 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
We do not always postpone obedience because we have decided against it. Sometimes we intend to obey. We simply believe there will be a better time.
Book section · About 4 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
There are moments when life looks like it’s moving forward, yet something inside us knows we’re still standing still.
Book section · About 18 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
Few sights are more devastating than a faithful spouse carrying love for a covenant the other person has betrayed. The vows still matter to one, but not to the other. Love remains at home while the wandering heart gives its affection,…
Book section · About 7 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
There are few sights more devastating than a faithful spouse sitting alone with a heart full of love and a life full of betrayal. You have probably seen it at some point. A husband or wife who gave themselves fully to the covenant, only to…
Book section · About 19 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
Some disasters leave enough behind for us to imagine rebuilding. Others seem to consume the future along with the present.
Book section · About 4 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
We step into Joel with the sense that something sacred has been shattered. The book does not ease us in with gentle warnings. It begins with loss that feels complete. Vineyards silenced. Fields stripped to nothing. A landscape so altered…
Book section · About 16 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
We want God to confront evil. We want Him to see the people who misuse power, hurt others, and act as though no one will ever hold them accountable.
Book section · About 13 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
It was known for its violence, its cruelty, its pride. It was a place where power was exercised without restraint and mercy was not a value anyone expected. Nations feared it. People suffered under it. Stories of brutality traveled far…
Book section · About 12 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
We do not always drift from God through one dramatic decision. Sometimes disappointment settles into our lives, and we gradually become less willing to let His word direct our choices. We continue to worship, yet resist what we hear. We…
Book section · About 5 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
There are seasons when disappointment settles over us like dust. We keep moving, we keep doing what needs to be done, but something in us grows tired. We look around at the unfinished places in our lives and wonder if God really sees us.…
Book section · About 16 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
We want people with influence to protect those who depend on them. We want honesty to matter, wrongdoing to be confronted, and families to live without wondering whether someone more powerful will take what little they have.
Book section · About 4 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
A few moments of reverence that allow us to feel faithful before returning to the life we already planned to live.
Book section · About 3 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
I am in the book of Micah in my daily Bible reading. God sends Micah to Judah during a time of prosperity. Israel has already fallen to Assyria, but Judah—by God’s help—has been spared. Yet instead of leaning on the Lord who delivered…
Book section · About 13 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
When cruelty continues long enough, we can begin to wonder whether anything will ever change.
Book section · About 4 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
Why is it that some people receive God’s mercy while others face His judgment?
Book section · About 14 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
There are moments when what we see makes it difficult to hold on to what God has promised.
Book section · About 4 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
We step into Obadiah and find ourselves watching a moment when God pulls back the curtain and exposes the heart of a nation. Edom stood across the valley from Judah and watched their brothers crumble, but their guilt ran far deeper than…
Book section · About 15 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
We can begin doing what God asks and still become discouraged by how much remains unfinished. We take the first steps, make the needed changes, and return to work we should never have neglected. Yet the distance between where we are and…
Book section · About 6 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
We don’t always know what to do with unfinished places. We stand in the middle of something half-formed, half-repaired, half-understood, and we look around and wonder if any of it matters. The people who returned from exile knew exactly…
Book section · About 10 min
The Story of Faith, One Book at a Time — Volume 1: The Old Testament
We have responsibilities to meet, plans to make, and familiar routines that keep our days moving. We still believe in God. We still worship. Yet somewhere along the way, dependence can give way to a quiet confidence that we have things…
Book section · About 4 min
Tuesdays With Tony, Volume 5
Life moves forward. Responsibilities are managed. Faith still has a place. Nothing feels urgent. Nothing feels broken enough to demand attention. And in that quiet stability, we begin to assume that all is well.