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May 20, 2024 | 
str.org | Jonathan Noyes
Science Jon Noyes explains just a few of the ways we can confidently conclude that the universe is fine-tuned by a designer. Transcript Imagine you’re walking to a cabin in the woods, and as you get closer and closer to it, you hear your favorite song emanating from the cabin—whatever your favorite song might be. My mind goes to Bruno Mars. So, you hear your favorite song pumping from this cabin, and you’re like, “Wait. That’s my favorite song.
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May 5, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Jonathan Noyes
When suffering comes, God doesn’t leave us to cope with it in our own strength. He is with us in our suffering just as he was with Peter, James, and John. You can be sure God is with you through all your ups and downs, good days and bad. There is no struggle that will ever drive him away from you. In his presence, you will find everything you need to persevere.
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Apr 27, 2024 | 
stream.org | Jonathan Noyes |Clarice Clayton |Tom Sileo |Tom Gilson
Saying “no” is hard. I get it, especially when it means telling someone you love that you can’t attend the biggest event of their life: their wedding. It’s what makes the question “Should a Christian attend a same-sex wedding?” so difficult.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Jonathan Noyes
At the start of another year, remember that you were made for more than trivial pursuits. There’s nothing wrong with New Year’s resolutions, but remember: You will never find ultimate satisfaction in people, possessions, or pursuits. Solomon said that striving after the things of this world is like striving after the wind (Eccl. 2:11). There’s no profit in it. What we’re really hungering for can only be found in Christ. The longing we experience can only be satisfied if we strive after Jesus.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
stream.org | Jonathan Noyes |Clarice Clayton |David Marshall |Mark Judge
By Jonathan Noyes Published on January 29, 2024 Did you make it past Quitter’s Day this year? By the second Friday of January, most people have thrown in the towel. That’s 14 days max. Many don’t even last that long, but within a fortnight it’s all over for the bulk of them. The majority has completely given up. They quit.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
stream.org | Jonathan Noyes |Clarice Clayton |J. Stonestreet |K. Leander
By Jonathan Noyes Published on December 20, 2023 Often, the Christmas season passes all too quickly because we’re content to celebrate it on an entirely earthly level. The things we enjoy—family reunions, time off, food, the exchanging of gifts—become the entirety of our celebration.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
stream.org | Jonathan Noyes |Clarice Clayton |James Robison |Alan Shlemon
“The future of sex ed has arrived,” declared the headline of an article I recently read. The author went on to discuss changes that have been made to public school curriculums affecting students as young as 11. The article is four years old. Fast forward to today. The future is here, and it’s not good. My local board of education adopted a comprehensive sex ed curriculum, Teen Talk. It was touted as a big step forward in educating our public school children.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
stream.org | Jonathan Noyes |Clarice Clayton |Susan Ciancio |James Robison
In a culture defined by never-ending news feeds and social media at our fingertips, where do we go for rest? Vacations? I don’t know about you, but when I return from a vacation, I’m often more exhausted than when I left. That’s because true rest isn’t found on exotic beaches or mountain retreats. It’s found in Christ. Here’s what I mean by that. The Purpose of the Sabbath is RestorationIn Luke 6, we encounter two events having to do with Sabbath rest.
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Aug 20, 2023 | 
stream.org | Michael Brown |Jonathan Noyes |Kate Anderson |Tom Gilson
An August 16 headline on the gay flagship website the Advocate announced, “ChatGPT Writes Trans-Affirming Bible Verse.” Yes, we are told, someone identifying as Psychological_Dog527 and posting on the /Trans subreddit wrote, “I was feeling sad today, so I asked chat gpt to write a fake biblical passage about Jesus accepting trans people.” And what, pray tell, was the response?
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
stream.org | Nolan Lewallen |Jonathan Noyes |Alan Shlemon |Andy McQuitty
By Nolan Lewallen Published on August 15, 2023 The first time I picked up a Bible to read it I went down the list of books, and the one that jumped out at me was Job. I thought it was a book about a person’s job, as in work. That would be something useful, I thought.
