E-324 Uncommon Sense: Potluck Questions
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E-323 Uncommon Sense: Questions About Marriage and Family
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The Gift of Intergenerational Relationships
BETHANY BELUE | CONTRIBUTOR Eight months after getting married, my husband and I packed up a U-Haul and moved to Atlanta. He was excited about the move, as it would mean following a call the Lord had given him. I was following in my body, but my heart was kicking and screaming. It was the beginning of a new and exciting season for my husband, but for me, it was the death of so much that was familiar to me: living close to family, a job that I loved, and the fulfillment of buying our first home. After arriving at an apartment complex I had not seen before, walking through church doors where I knew no one, and learning a city that was completely new territory, I wondered what the Lord had in store for us in this new place. There was little about our years in Atlanta that was easy. My husband worked a full-time ministry job while also enrolled in seminary full-time. We longed for a baby who was not yet a part of our story. Finances were tight, our apartment felt small, and traffic was stressful. Yet when my husband and I look back on that season of early marriage, we talk about it with fondness because of the people the Lord put into our lives...
E-322 Uncommon Sense: Questions About How We Relate to the Church
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E-321 Uncommon Sense: Questions About Intergenerational Discipleship
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E-320 Uncommon Sense: Questions About Friendships Among Women
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Beyond Centerpieces: Recovering Biblical Hospitality
ELIZABETH STEELE|GUEST Our God is a God of hospitality. We see this throughout Scripture, from the Garden of Eden where God our Father provided for His beloved children a place for them to live and food to eat, to the book of Revelation where He prepares the marriage feast of the Lamb to welcome His beloved Bride home. Even though we were strangers and aliens, our Father made a way for us to know Him and be His children. That’s the very premise of Christianity: we have been lavishly welcomed by Christ through the Good News of the Gospel. And He calls us to extend the same hospitality to others. The Apostle Paul gave very direct instructions to the brand-new Christians in Rome when he wrote in Romans 15:7, "Therefore, welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God." What does it Mean to be Hospitable? The Greek word for hospitality is philoxenia. We are familiar with "philo" or "phila" meaning "the kind of love between friends." Xenia means "foreigner or one you do not know." Together they mean "to give the love of friendship to a person that we do not know." Does that sound like a very natural thing to do? Not likely! In fact, showing love to people we do not know can be a very difficult thing...
LT 2026 Workshop: Hidden Hope in ‘Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad’ Heartache with Lori Sealy
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LT 2026 Workshop: Does Teamwork Really Make the Dream Work? with Susan Tyner
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LT 2026 Workshop: Gospel Transformation—Beyond Programs…Toward the Spirit’s Lifelong Work in Women’s Hearts with Cheryl Mullis
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