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A Very Brief Bible Timeline
We very often read the Bible as standalone testaments, books, chapters, verses, topics… We miss the big picture story, and we don’t understand how all those separate parts fit together as a unified whole. Writers talk about their “elevator pitch” – a 1-2 minute summary of a writing project that delivers the gist of the…
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Family Prayer Time
Praying in a group of any kind can feel scary or intimidating, but it’s a beautiful thing to model and teach to our kids. Just like there are no hard and fast rules or formulas for praying on your own, there is no wrong way to pray as a family if you’re honestly talking and…
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Family Bible Study Time
It can feel intimidating to bring the whole family together for Bible study. Even in our churches we usually split up into groups by age and life stage, so it’s more than a little daunting to study all together with grownups and kids of every age. Years of teaching in elementary K-5 large group Sunday…
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What Is Prayer and How Do I Do It?
Prayer is simply talking to and listening to God. That’s it. There are no magic words or formulas for “effective” prayer or to make God hear you. He knows you, he created you, and he will always hear you, even when you don’t have any words at all. It’s easy to think that since God…
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How to Find Things in the Bible
Finding things in the Bible can be a daunting task. The Bible is one big book made up of 66 smaller books. Those 66 books are divided into two sections: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament contains 39 books that were all written before Jesus was born. Those 39 books are…
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How to Study the Bible
You can absolutely just dive in and start reading the Bible. That’s a great way to start building a practice of learning the text. Once you dive in, you may run into things that feel old and outdated or long lists of genealogies or laws that seem to make no sense or stories that just…
Potluck at the Park 