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Hope

By Leo Cardez
November 25, 2022

There is nothing like living in hell, but there is something close to it: incarceration. In my hell, where I’d lived since the winter of…

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How to Finish

By Jonathon Hicks
November 18, 2022

I have always been afraid of not finishing what I start. As early as age eleven, I worried that I could not say with Paul,…

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A Man After God’s Own Heart

By Cindy Arora
November 11, 2022

“But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed…

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“You are My Witnesses”

By R. Herbert
November 4, 2022

One of the clearest identifying marks of God’s people has always been their call to carry the gospel into all the world. As a result,…

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Fractals

By Bonita Hele
November 1, 2022

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of…

Greetings BA readers…and listeners. The new AudioBA is uploaded and ready for a listen. Find it here: https://baonline.cog7engage.net/podcast/ep-006-november-december-2022/ This completes our first full year (6…

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doesn’t the Bible say that I have a home in heaven (2 Corinthians 5:1)?

By Jason Overman
October 30, 2022

I understand the concept of “soul sleep,” but doesn’t the Bible say that I have a home in heaven (2 Corinthians 5:1)? The belief…

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Hymn of Thanksgiving

By Chris Ahlemann
October 30, 2022

Hymn of Thanksgiving For the fields of ripened grain, for scarlet leaves and gentle rain; For rays of sunlight beaming bright, for soft moonbeams…

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Church on a Mission

By Ramon Ruiz
October 28, 2022

In thousands of Christian writings and sermons, the church of the first century has been used as a paradigm for our contemporary church, and we…

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Lie Fallow

By Randy Brunson
October 21, 2022

Camels have an Achilles’ heel. But their vulnerability is hidden by their legendary resilience. These ships of the desert, known for going weeks without water,…