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2 weeks ago | 
crossway.org | Michael LeFebvre |Guy Waters |Jen Wilkin |Kevin DeYoung
This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible. 1. Genesis 2:2–3And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
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1 month ago | 
crossway.org | John Piper |Jen Wilkin
The Impossible Final CommandI am seeking to obey Jesus’s last command: “Make disciples of all nations . . . teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:19–20). Jesus’s final command was to teach all nations to keep his commandments. Actually, the final command was more precise than that. He did not say, “Teach them all my commandments.” He said, “Teach them to observe all my commandments.” You can teach a parrot all of Jesus’s commandments.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
crossway.org | Kevin DeYoung |Paul Tripp |Dane Ortlund |Jen Wilkin
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
christianitytoday.com | Jen Wilkin
The chiastic pattern I'd come to love in Scripture also shows up in God's design for aging. As a self-professed Bible nerd and a lover of symmetry, no discovery has made me happier than that of the chiasm, a literary structure beloved by writers in the ancient Near East. Chiasms are a kind of mirror-image parallelism, using repetition to trace an idea. They litter the Old Testament and the New; once you start seeing them, you can't stop.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jen Wilkin
More Episodes I Am the Light of the World (John 8:12–30) I Am the Bread of Life (John 6:22–59) How Understanding God’s Story Changes Yours How Christian Community Empowers Gospel WitnessAt TGCW24, Jen Wilkin shares Jesus’s second I AM statement, “I AM the Light of the World” from John 8:12-30. We all have first-hand experience of the darkness and brokenness that exists in our world. Jesus, the light that shines in the darkness, offers the “light of life” to anyone who follows him.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Amy Dimarcangelo |Jen Wilkin |Jen Oshman
This article is part of the I’ve Heard It Said series. A Striving CultureI’ve heard it said that you are enough. There’s an aspect of this phrase that comes from a good heart. We are in this society where there’s this constant pressure to be productive, to be always improving, and to become our best selves. And so some of the heart behind this is to help women relax, to realize it’s okay. You don’t have to be the best at decorating. You don’t have to be the best cook.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Brett McCracken |David Cassidy |Jen Wilkin |Jim Newheiser
While most of America’s attention this week has been focused on major national political headlines, a newly enshrined law in California has passed under the radar. But its significance for Christian parents everywhere shouldn’t be ignored. On Monday, California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1955—a first-in-nation bill that bans California school districts from requiring staff to disclose to parents if their child starts using different pronouns or identifying as a different gender.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jared Kennedy |Beth Claes |Jen Wilkin |David Cassidy
The characters in Marilynne Robinson’s novels often wrestle with the Bible. Each one’s knowledge of Scripture and theology has a different rhythm shaped by a unique background. For example, in Lila, John Ames sees the world through the logical language of Calvin’s Institutes, but the emotionally difficult parts of Ezekiel and Job shape the interpretive horizon of the titular character, an orphaned young woman who becomes Ames’s bride.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Don Carson |Beth Claes |Jen Wilkin |David Cassidy
Don Carson: “And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Mike McGregor |Beth Claes |Joe Carter |Jen Wilkin
It was a hot summer evening and getting hotter as I worked up a sweat, trying in vain to get an out as a pitcher on my Little League team. After another bad pitch, my frustration boiled over. I simply walked off the field. After the game, I headed to the car but was stopped by my dad. His posture suggested getting in the car wasn’t an option. Instead, he said, I was going to walk over and apologize to my teammates and coach for how I acted.
