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The Doxology Project

2018-09-06T12:25:20-05:00

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Our Passions a Passion for Christ

Last updated on: September 6, 2018 at 12:25 pm   By Brad Roth

We can tie ourselves in knots trying to figure out the will of God.  But I think that sometimes the question of the will of God is too open-ended.  I think we really have to begin with the question: what do you want? Read more

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Aretha Franklin

desire

love

passion for Christ

2018-09-09T15:57:31-05:00

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Is the Gospel Good News if People Aren’t Transformed?

Last updated on: September 9, 2018 at 3:57 pm   By Brad Roth

The problem runs deep for those of us who profess to follow Christ. Does the gospel transform lives? Is the Holy Spirit at work within us? Read more

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grace

transformation

2018-08-27T17:57:22-05:00

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Christ and the Search for the New

Last updated on: August 27, 2018 at 5:57 pm   By Brad Roth

I keep discovering anew the originality of Jesus’ life, the daring freshness of the gospels. Read more

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Jesus Christ

newness

2018-08-11T11:46:15-05:00

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Pray and Struggle: Immovable Faith for Impossible Situations

Last updated on: August 11, 2018 at 11:46 am   By Brad Roth

In impossible situations, we’re called to be immovable in our confidence that God is at work around and within us. Read more

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ora et labora

prayer

struggle

2018-08-06T14:46:02-05:00

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The Case for Having More Children in the Church

Last updated on: August 6, 2018 at 2:46 pm   By Brad Roth

While congregations can develop strategies for outreach, what we need to do is have more children. One of the most effective environments for discipleship is the home. Read more

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children

church growth

fertility

2018-07-24T15:32:19-05:00

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Leveled to the Gospel

Last updated on: July 24, 2018 at 3:32 pm   By Brad Roth

Augustine wrote that the faithful are called to believe the truth of the gospel “so that by believing they may obey God, by obeying may live well, by living well may purify their hearts, and with pure hearts may understand what they believe.” Read more

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belief

spiritual growth

2018-07-16T14:33:09-05:00

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Faithfulness and the Ecclesia Domestica

Last updated on: July 16, 2018 at 2:33 pm   By Brad Roth

The most compelling homes are rarely focused wholly inward.  They’ve got a mission, an outward orientation that pours forth into the life of the neighborhood. Read more

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Christian home

ecclesia domestica

2018-07-16T12:20:52-05:00

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Know Thy Neighbor: The Starting Point for Rural Evangelism

Last updated on: July 16, 2018 at 12:20 pm   By Brad Roth

A recent study found that while 40% of rural residents claim to know their neighbors, they are far less likely to have interacted with them. Read more

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evangelism

rural church

2018-10-02T23:04:28-05:00

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Who are Funerals for?

Last updated on: October 2, 2018 at 11:04 pm   By Brad Roth

In the end, faith is what remains, that relationship between us and God.  When the career is over, the children are raised, education is threadbare and our minds have become tatty, it will be us and God. Read more

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funerals

2018-06-19T10:41:13-05:00

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Renewing our Reverence for God’s Name

Last updated on: June 19, 2018 at 10:41 am   By Brad Roth

God calls us by name and invites us to call him by name, to love and cherish and reverence his name so that we can grow in depth of communion with him. Read more

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