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2017-12-13T14:56:55-05:00

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Why Christmas Matters: God Is with Us

Last updated on: December 13, 2017 at 2:56 pm By Brad Roth

Immanuel is God's promise to be for and among and with us. God has crossed over the humanly uncrossable divide to bring us into relationship with him. Read more

2017-12-14T09:51:27-05:00

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God’s Country Wins Christianity Today Award of Merit

Last updated on: December 14, 2017 at 9:51 am By Brad Roth

We're celebrating here at Doxology Project after yesterday's announcement that my book, God's Country: Faith, Hope, and the Future of the Rural Church won an Award of Merit in Christianity Today's 2018 Book Awards! Read more

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2017-12-04T12:02:41-05:00

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To deal with fear, get humility

Last updated on: December 4, 2017 at 12:02 pm By Brad Roth

Fear's cure starts in humility. It's taking on the attitude that God is good and that God's will for us is our growth in Christlikeness, and that God will bring that good work to completion regardless of sickness or financial failures or the gunman who barges in to the back of the church. Read more

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2017-12-05T09:22:54-05:00

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The Gospel of God’s Judgment

Last updated on: December 5, 2017 at 9:22 am By Brad Roth

Advent celebrates the manger that leads to the cross that bursts through to the resurrection that awaits the coming again. It's the beginning of the gospel of God's judgment. Read more

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2017-11-28T12:31:50-05:00

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On planting garlic on Thanksgiving

Last updated on: November 28, 2017 at 12:31 pm By Brad Roth

Sacrifice is not just a one-off event; it's a way of life. We're called to live in ways that point toward God and that are committed to something greater than ourselves. Read more

2017-11-09T07:43:56-05:00

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Why Getting Revelation Right Matters

Last updated on: November 9, 2017 at 7:43 am By Brad Roth

The Rapture raises the erroneous expectation that our comfortable Western life will continue unbroken until the end. We’ll fly from the sofa to heaven without having to experience any suffering for our faith in between. Read more

2017-11-01T11:10:50-05:00

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Saints below and saints above

Last updated on: November 1, 2017 at 11:10 am By Brad Roth

On this All Saints Day, let us remember the church in heaven that is joined to us on earth. The church in heaven is not passively asleep, but rather a throng of people worshiping God, continuously offering up prayers that God's will be accomplished on earth as in heaven. Let us remember loved ones who have passed into glory, but also remember that their work of praise and prayer is not over. Read more

2017-10-30T13:52:12-05:00

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Discovering communion on a frisbee player’s leg

Last updated on: October 30, 2017 at 1:52 pm By Brad Roth

We all too often confuse this deep and steadfast communion originating in Christ with passing friendliness or structural relationships or ties of blood and relatedness. But all of these forms of communion pale in comparison to the communion wrought at the Lord's table. Read more

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2017-10-26T16:39:17-05:00

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The Fruit of Disappointment

Last updated on: October 26, 2017 at 4:39 pm By Brad Roth

The flip side of disappointment is gratitude. It's receiving life itself as a gift--a little bit better than we could have imagined. Read more

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2017-09-29T10:39:23-05:00

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When the door doesn’t open

Last updated on: September 29, 2017 at 10:39 am By Brad Roth

Closed doors can shatter our false images of who Jesus is and what Jesus should do. Closed doors point us beyond Jesus the life coach toward Jesus the crucified savior--less fist bump and more sweating great drops of blood. Read more

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