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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Howard E. Butt, Jr.

Blog

Remembering the life, work, and ministry of Howard E. Butt, Jr., who died Saturday, September 11, 2016.

Paradise High

Blog

God slouches at the front of the universe leaning against his desk, taking roll with a red pen in his spiral book of...

Play Games for God?

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St. Charles Borromeos was one night with a group of people playing chess. This was a social evening; they sat playing...

3 Reasons Easter Matters for Your Work

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The hope of Christians lies in Jesus’ work on the cross and his resurrection. What does the resurrection, which we...

The Land (Joshua 2-12)

Bible Commentary

Throughout both Joshua and Judges, the land is of such central importance that it is virtually a character unto itself:...

Elisha’s Restoration of a Lumberjack’s Axe (2 Kings 6:1-7)

Bible Commentary

Cutting wood along the bank of the Jordan River, one of Elisha’s fellow prophets loses an iron axe head into the...

David’s Patronage of the Musical Arts (1 Chronicles 25)

Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles adds a detail not found in 2 Samuel and 1 Kings. David creates a corps of musicians “to make music at the...

God Sees that His Work Is Good (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31)

Bible Commentary

There is no support in Genesis for the notion, which somehow entered Christian imagination, that the world is...

God Brings the Material World into Being (Genesis 1:2)

Bible Commentary

Does work with "material", earthly things have value?

The Throne Room of God (Revelation 4 and 5)

Bible Commentary

John’s vision in chapters 4 and 5 is at the heart of Revelation. It is in essence a visualization of the Lord’s...

Serving the Word and Serving Tables are Equally Valuable (Acts 6:2-4)

Bible Commentary

The work of administering justice is just as important as the work of preaching the word.

The End of the World and the End of Work? (2 Peter 3:1–18)

Bible Commentary

Does our earthly work matter to God? Darrell Cosden has given a resounding “yes” to that question. Central to his...