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• Chris Carpenter

  

  Life Surge Concludes Banner Year; Looks to Build Even More Kingdom Impact in 2026

  PALMETTO, Florida – Hundreds of people gathered on the Gulf Coast of Florida last week to celebrate the 2025 achievements of Life Surge, a faith-based events company designed to inspire, train, and equip others to responsibly use their resources and influence for Kingdom of God impact. Known for their events...

  2 min readLife SurgeFinancial PlanningEducationKingdom BuildingJoe Johnson
• Sharon Jaynes

  

  The Scandalous Grace of Christmas

  Redheaded Sarah was my five-year-old Steven’s babysitter one chilly December night. It was our practice to read the Bible before bedtime, so Sarah opened the well-worn pages to pick up where we had left off in Nehemiah 7 –the long list of family names that returned from Exile to rebuild Jerusalem. Parosh. Shephatiah. Zaccai. She stumbled through the names as both laughed and giggled at her attempts. Read more...

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• Peggi Tustan

  

  Seven things God Hates

  “Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.” –Max LucadoGod is not a hater. In fact, quite the opposite. The Scriptures declare: God is love. He is the author, the very source of love. Because love is his priority, God despises behaviors that oppose and destroy love. Seven are specifically named...

  5 min readThings God HatesArroganceLyingDivision in ChurchChristian Community
• Cole Feix

  

  Advent Hymns and the Prophetic Foretelling of Jesus

  Since we are in the middle of Advent 2025, now is a great time to reflect on some of the biblical passages that we sing in our Advent hymns. The two hymns that I will focus on in this article are primarily about prophecies in the Old Testament that foretell Jesus’ coming. Part of the inspiration for this post comes from the Nine Lessons and Carols service, originally held in Truro, England, in 1890 and later established by King’s College, Cambridge, in 1918. These services use Scripture, hymns,

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