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Short essays on reading Scripture slowly, honest questions about the Christian life, and devotional reflections. Newest first.
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Reading the parables slowly
Jesus' favourite teaching method was the short, vivid story. Why parables work, why they are sometimes confusing on purpose, and how to read them well.
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Heaven and the renewal of all things
The Christian hope is bigger than the cloud-and-harp picture. The Bible's vision of the future is the renewal of the world, not its replacement. A short essay on what scripture actually promises.
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Reading the Bible with a pen
Underline. Mark in the margins. Keep a notebook. A short, unsystematic case for active reading — and a few easy patterns to start with.
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What 'born again' actually means
A phrase that has become a label, a punchline, sometimes a brand of Christian. Going back to John 3 and recovering what Jesus actually meant when he used it.
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Why Jesus came as a Jew
Christianity is sometimes preached as though Jesus came out of nowhere. He did not. He came as a first-century Jew, into a specific people with a specific story — and that particularity is part of the gospel, not a footnote to it.
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Reading Philippians slowly
Four short chapters written from prison by a man who could not stop being grateful. A guided slow read of one of Paul's warmest letters — and one of the easiest to start with.
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The Trinity, plainly explained
The doctrine that has launched a thousand bad analogies. A short, plain explanation of why Christians believe in one God in three persons — without philosophy, without metaphor, mostly with scripture.
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Reading the Lord's Prayer slowly
Six short lines that contain a whole theology of prayer. A line-by-line slow read of the prayer Jesus taught, and what it teaches us about how to talk to God.
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The Holy Spirit, plainly
Of the three persons of the Trinity, the Spirit is the one Christians most often gloss over. A short, plain introduction to what the Bible actually says about the Holy Spirit and what difference it makes.
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Reading the Bible aloud
A small habit shift that changes how scripture lands. Why the Bible was written for ears as much as eyes — and a practical case for reading it out loud.