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Defending The Way
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A Song of Failures and Hope
Power to Witness: Acts 1:1-11
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- Absolutely?
- Faulty Solutions
- The Name of Existence
- More Than Enough
- Chest Building
- What It's About
- Chosen One or Chooser?
- Stirred to True Growth
- Concordant Conversation
- Jor or Darkness?
- Prepare a Flask
- Called and Chosen
- Ousted
- Go or No?
- Humble Exaltation
- Persistence for the Win
- Tragedy-ish?
- Clever and Faithful
- Rejoice With Me
- Deeper Forgiveness
- Tearing Down Tragedy
- No Exploits for Love
- Different, But Together
- Let Them Bear Fruit
- Mysteries of the Kingdom
- Reminders of Beauty
- Reconfort Affliction
- Wilderness Lies
- Willingly Rescued
- Come Tomorrow Come
- The Answer
- Tell Me About...
- Now Do It Again
- In Our Own Image
- Edenic Freedom
- Understanding Hypocrisy
- Role Actualization
- Value of a Scalded Hand
- Solution Complexity
- Continued Functionality
- I Have Spoken
- Where Else...?
- Blind Guides
- Sacrificial Development
- Knee-Bent Joy
- Sorrow-Bought Peace
- Born for Love
- Exiled Hope
- Don't Add Dysfunction
- The Wizard & the Prophet
- Despite the Pain
- Turning Back Again
- A Promise of Healing
- A Gift for the Troubles
- For You and Me
- Stand in Awe
- Growth through Troubles
- Spiritual Troubleshooting
- Application Critique
- Spiritual Karma?
- True...But Also This
- What's the Point?
- Not Really Helpful
- New, While the Same
- Returning Loyalty
- An Imperfect Return
- I Knew It
- Yet Even Now
- Consistent from A to Z
- Retelling Forgiveness
- Reaction 2 Steadfast Love
- On the Worst Days
- His Repeated Bio
- Recontextualize
- Do You Trust Me?
- Reflect on Beauty + Pain
- Today
- May the 400th?
- Actual Civility
- Grow Up
- Valley Refinement
- Imperfections of Reality
- When Words Fail
- (Un)Expected
- Hey, Isn't That...?
- Problem with Head Canon
- Editing a Path to Praise
- We Need a Hero
- A Half-Heard Lie
- Standing in the Middle
- Broken
- Poorly Explained
- Reminder of Refuge
- Love Is...
- Resolution Against Don'ts
- Love from Sorrow
- Hope of Aid
- Peace on Earth
- Called to Comfort
- Thankful For...
- Show Me
- Faithful Tragedy
- Returning to the Why
- Loving Correction
- Pillars
- Sufficient
- Too Close
- On a Canvas of Dark Cloud
- Faithful Lamentations
- Sown with Tears
- Finding Ruin
- Storm-Resistant Doers
- Good, Bad, and Plastic
- The Right Way
- Ready to Receive
- Loggy-Eyed Judgement
- Serving and Anxiety
- Treasured
- Rewards
- Exceeding in Conflict
- Exceeding in Sincerity
- Exceeding in Sexuality
- Exceeding in Relationship
- Least of These...Commands
- Obvious Allegiance
- Flipped-Over Favor
- Seven
- Keep Going
- Promises and Payoffs
- Son of Jesse
- One Little Thing
- Dumbstruck Wonder
- Finding Forgiveness
- The Most Important
- Spirit, Not Intelligence
- Surprised by Growth
- Again and Again
- Encountering Change
- Good Words Strange Manner
- A Story Parable
- Sexual Morality
- Reconciled Worship
- Skill Ranked Up
- Same Ol' Enemy Tactics
- Seeking Immortality
- Songs of Blessing
- Light on a Tree
- Distrac...Huh?
- Whelmed
- Social Covenant
- Unauthorized
- The Art of Preaching
- This Fragile Beauty
- Greater Lessons
- Facing the Trials
- A Humorous Juxtaposition
- A Little Gloss
- Ever-Active Continuity
- Handling Perfect Timing
- Known by Actions
- Directional Wisdom
- Chekhov's Son
- A Shift Can Explain
- Like a Fan
- A Better Kind of Remake
- Connecting Communications
- Extension of You
- Toggled Back On
- All Together Now
- Completely Ready
- A Pattern Kept Straight
- Begins with Truth
- Know Your Enemy
- Between the Moments
- 5 Actions of Holiness
- The Value of Help
- Finding Beauty in Pain
- 300
- Wise Enough to Learn
- Mismatched Allegiance
- Light in the Darkness
- Greater Salvation
- What We Do with Scars
- Attributed Gifts
- Truth Application
- Running on Empty
- End Result: Corruption
- The Humor Valve
- Essence of Suffering
- Charcoal Memories
- How to Shed Your Dragon
- Undertone of Need
- Editorial Emphasis
- Too Treasured
- In Name Only
- Authorial Shorthand
- Glory Despite Pain
- Unexpected Grief
- The Best Way
- Praise, in the Making
- Uncapturable Beauty
- House Rules
- Complex Solutions
- Upgraded Exploration
- In The Strangest Places
- Character Change
- Unarrived Leading
- For 3...even for 4
- Reasonable Knowledge...
- The Most Real
- Anything Else
- Truth Combat
- Good Grief
- Age of Hermeneutics?
- Just Reparation
- Better Than Expected
- The Flooded Cistern
- Ugh, No
- Door of Truth
- A Worthy Name
- Given Not Grasped
- A Time to Fight
- Suffer Death Resurrection
- Enduring but Eroding
- Intro 2 Summer Revelation
- Clearing Up the Story
- A Celebratory Look Back
- Into the Fog
- One Beyond
- Tearing Down
- Subverted Expectations
- A Look Without
- At the Dead Center
- Fan Theory Sunday
- Holy Humor
- Real Blessings
- OT or NT?
- Unequal Results
- The Less-Good Option
- Stories in Eternity
- Suffering Hate
- Suffering With Purpose
- Incompatible
- The Greatest's Good
- Representation?
- A Tiny Message
- Still Despite
- Detail-less Joy
- Surrounded By Death
- Reconstruction
- How It's Told
- Returning to the First
- A Special Day
- Best Kinds of Mysteries
- Categorical Expansion
- Choose It Or Not
- Perfection Not Required
- Lie Cycles
- Truth Amidst Spectacle
- Excess
- Alternate Ability Gifts
- A Blessed Curse
- Boasts and Boosts
- More Than a Sound Byte
- Pacing
- Scrapped
- Human Worth
- Alternate Truth?
- Eager Expectation
- In Dependence
- Justice Law and Morality
- Soul Edits
- Character Growth
- Pain and Lament
- Anti-Propagandist Action
- The Place of Intent
- For Years/Four Years
- Stones of Remembrance
- Answered Wisely
- Detoured for the Future
- A Void Canvas
- An Unexpected Celebration
- Theory of Foundation
- Repetitive Guidance
- Mirrored Standards
- Master of Godly Anxiety
- A Humble Righteousness
- Opposition Ender
- Breaking Vows
- A Decisive Cut
- (Re)Forging Bonds
- VocationVocationVocation
- Achievement Unlocked
- Nature and Nurture
- The Value of Failure
- The Light Dances
- A Christmas Love Song
- The Ultimate Good
- Feeling the Feast
- Lone Wolf No More
- Gray-Scale Mythology
- The Weight of the Word
- Stress Blessed
- The Truth About Retcons
- Suit Up
- Tell the Story
- Good Is Better
- Less Than Three
- Unmasked
- Shame, Shame, Go Away
- Unchanging Hope
- Expectation Rejection
- Expressing Pain
- Ancient Fan Fic?
- Close Enough?
- Honest Songs of Hope
- Skilled
- Here I Am
- Feeling Aftermath
- Second-Hand Idolatry?
- Pursuit
- Frontline Leadership
- Story Points
- Long Term Solutions
- Leap of Faith
- Conversation in Ignorance
- Sad Crowns
- Circles
- Resolving Image
- Opinion Matters
- Risen Worth
- Fan Theories
- How Unfair
- De-Powered Proving
- Centrality
- Subversive Glory
- The Mystery Cross
- Seasons of Life
- Heroic Qualities
- Just Love
- Blind for the Light
- Beautiful Mess
- Dual Soliloquy?
- A Display of Fandom
- Discovered Beauty
- Perfect Present
- Not Alone, Sorrow-Known
- Greater Miracles
- Peasant King
- Acid Washed
- Thanksforcing
- Undeniable Actions
- Split Second Pop Ups
- Asking Why
- Cliche Sins
- Fog of Faith
- Relational Drift
- Hidden Colors
- Explaining Context
- Unexpected Comedy
- Accepting Pain?
- Reflection
- Obedient Leadership
- Suffering Character
- Faithful Listening
- Familiarity and Awe
- Fandom and Belonging
- Collages by God
- Suffering Passion
- Dependence Day
- Understood
- Uniquely Qualified
- Us and Them
- Expectation + Frustration
- Humility Competence
- Meaning Balance Infinity
- Anniversary + Celebration
- To 100 More
- Through The Darkness
- Join Me At The Table
- Auto-Jumping
- The Greatest Gift
- Sad Face Happy Heart
- Hero of The Story
- Artful Mirrors
- Death and Honor
- Forgiven To Death
- Walls
- Cross-Bearing
- Life Anew
- Ash Covered Heart
- Look Up
- Adaptation
- Stillness Vs Conflict
- Pushin Happies
- ________ Returns
- Surrender
- Mission Engaged
- Coming Attractions
- Forgotten Secrets
- Voiceless
- Greatness
- Big Things
- The Journey
- Main vs Side
- Proper Theology
- Perspectives
- Trouble In Stasis
- Answers?
- The Return of the King
- Constant Companion
- Nerd Lessons
- Standing
- Belonging
- Life After Darkness
- A Shepherd Shaped Hole?
- Blinding Light
- What Is It?
- I Am...
- Celebrate With Me
- Un-Taming The Cross
- Broken Faithfulness
- Time Loops
- Ends As Means?
- Exist in Faithful Peace
- Why No
- Obligatory Anniversary
- Flamily
- RAW vs RAI
- Rogue Smile
- Answerman Returns
- The Day Between
- Contented Questions
- Unexpected Worship
- Differences
- One More Thing
- Unnatural Nature of Death
- Cost of Worship
- Relearnability
- I Choose You
- Reporting from the Depths
- Leading Personality
- Artful Purpose
- Apopcalypse Redux
- Creeds and Freedom
- Rest Hard
- I. M. T.
- Cold Beauty
- Masks
- Happi-less-ness
- Tell Me More
- Time Death and Inevitable
- Lies
- Force Heretic
- Roling the Dice
- Thorns
- Leveling Up
- Preacher, Painter
- Bloody Bible
- Dump Stats?
- Based On True Events
- Beyond the Threshold
- Crossover
- Love the Unlovable
- Disclose Don't Explain
- Time Travel and Mystery
- Laying Down My Rights
- Roles and Truth
- Extreme Tension
- World-Crafting
- The Uncle Ben Moment
- One Who Holds The Stars
- Hope on a Rope
- Wisdom of the Depths
- A Community of Stories
- Communitiy Through Story
- Beauty in Pain
- Sermons
- About
- Contact Us
- Home
- Blogs
- Absolutely?
- Faulty Solutions
- The Name of Existence
- More Than Enough
- Chest Building
- What It's About
- Chosen One or Chooser?
- Stirred to True Growth
- Concordant Conversation
- Jor or Darkness?
- Prepare a Flask
- Called and Chosen
- Ousted
- Go or No?
- Humble Exaltation
- Persistence for the Win
- Tragedy-ish?
- Clever and Faithful
- Rejoice With Me
- Deeper Forgiveness
- Tearing Down Tragedy
- No Exploits for Love
- Different, But Together
- Let Them Bear Fruit
- Mysteries of the Kingdom
- Reminders of Beauty
- Reconfort Affliction
- Wilderness Lies
- Willingly Rescued
- Come Tomorrow Come
- The Answer
- Tell Me About...
- Now Do It Again
- In Our Own Image
- Edenic Freedom
- Understanding Hypocrisy
- Role Actualization
- Value of a Scalded Hand
- Solution Complexity
- Continued Functionality
- I Have Spoken
- Where Else...?
- Blind Guides
- Sacrificial Development
- Knee-Bent Joy
- Sorrow-Bought Peace
- Born for Love
- Exiled Hope
- Don't Add Dysfunction
- The Wizard & the Prophet
- Despite the Pain
- Turning Back Again
- A Promise of Healing
- A Gift for the Troubles
- For You and Me
- Stand in Awe
- Growth through Troubles
- Spiritual Troubleshooting
- Application Critique
- Spiritual Karma?
- True...But Also This
- What's the Point?
- Not Really Helpful
- New, While the Same
- Returning Loyalty
- An Imperfect Return
- I Knew It
- Yet Even Now
- Consistent from A to Z
- Retelling Forgiveness
- Reaction 2 Steadfast Love
- On the Worst Days
- His Repeated Bio
- Recontextualize
- Do You Trust Me?
- Reflect on Beauty + Pain
- Today
- May the 400th?
- Actual Civility
- Grow Up
- Valley Refinement
- Imperfections of Reality
- When Words Fail
- (Un)Expected
- Hey, Isn't That...?
- Problem with Head Canon
- Editing a Path to Praise
- We Need a Hero
- A Half-Heard Lie
- Standing in the Middle
- Broken
- Poorly Explained
- Reminder of Refuge
- Love Is...
- Resolution Against Don'ts
- Love from Sorrow
- Hope of Aid
- Peace on Earth
- Called to Comfort
- Thankful For...
- Show Me
- Faithful Tragedy
- Returning to the Why
- Loving Correction
- Pillars
- Sufficient
- Too Close
- On a Canvas of Dark Cloud
- Faithful Lamentations
- Sown with Tears
- Finding Ruin
- Storm-Resistant Doers
- Good, Bad, and Plastic
- The Right Way
- Ready to Receive
- Loggy-Eyed Judgement
- Serving and Anxiety
- Treasured
- Rewards
- Exceeding in Conflict
- Exceeding in Sincerity
- Exceeding in Sexuality
- Exceeding in Relationship
- Least of These...Commands
- Obvious Allegiance
- Flipped-Over Favor
- Seven
- Keep Going
- Promises and Payoffs
- Son of Jesse
- One Little Thing
- Dumbstruck Wonder
- Finding Forgiveness
- The Most Important
- Spirit, Not Intelligence
- Surprised by Growth
- Again and Again
- Encountering Change
- Good Words Strange Manner
- A Story Parable
- Sexual Morality
- Reconciled Worship
- Skill Ranked Up
- Same Ol' Enemy Tactics
- Seeking Immortality
- Songs of Blessing
- Light on a Tree
- Distrac...Huh?
- Whelmed
- Social Covenant
- Unauthorized
- The Art of Preaching
- This Fragile Beauty
- Greater Lessons
- Facing the Trials
- A Humorous Juxtaposition
- A Little Gloss
- Ever-Active Continuity
- Handling Perfect Timing
- Known by Actions
- Directional Wisdom
- Chekhov's Son
- A Shift Can Explain
- Like a Fan
- A Better Kind of Remake
- Connecting Communications
- Extension of You
- Toggled Back On
- All Together Now
- Completely Ready
- A Pattern Kept Straight
- Begins with Truth
- Know Your Enemy
- Between the Moments
- 5 Actions of Holiness
- The Value of Help
- Finding Beauty in Pain
- 300
- Wise Enough to Learn
- Mismatched Allegiance
- Light in the Darkness
- Greater Salvation
- What We Do with Scars
- Attributed Gifts
- Truth Application
- Running on Empty
- End Result: Corruption
- The Humor Valve
- Essence of Suffering
- Charcoal Memories
- How to Shed Your Dragon
- Undertone of Need
- Editorial Emphasis
- Too Treasured
- In Name Only
- Authorial Shorthand
- Glory Despite Pain
- Unexpected Grief
- The Best Way
- Praise, in the Making
- Uncapturable Beauty
- House Rules
- Complex Solutions
- Upgraded Exploration
- In The Strangest Places
- Character Change
- Unarrived Leading
- For 3...even for 4
- Reasonable Knowledge...
- The Most Real
- Anything Else
- Truth Combat
- Good Grief
- Age of Hermeneutics?
- Just Reparation
- Better Than Expected
- The Flooded Cistern
- Ugh, No
- Door of Truth
- A Worthy Name
- Given Not Grasped
- A Time to Fight
- Suffer Death Resurrection
- Enduring but Eroding
- Intro 2 Summer Revelation
- Clearing Up the Story
- A Celebratory Look Back
- Into the Fog
- One Beyond
- Tearing Down
- Subverted Expectations
- A Look Without
- At the Dead Center
- Fan Theory Sunday
- Holy Humor
- Real Blessings
- OT or NT?
- Unequal Results
- The Less-Good Option
- Stories in Eternity
- Suffering Hate
- Suffering With Purpose
- Incompatible
- The Greatest's Good
- Representation?
- A Tiny Message
- Still Despite
- Detail-less Joy
- Surrounded By Death
- Reconstruction
- How It's Told
- Returning to the First
- A Special Day
- Best Kinds of Mysteries
- Categorical Expansion
- Choose It Or Not
- Perfection Not Required
- Lie Cycles
- Truth Amidst Spectacle
- Excess
- Alternate Ability Gifts
- A Blessed Curse
- Boasts and Boosts
- More Than a Sound Byte
- Pacing
- Scrapped
- Human Worth
- Alternate Truth?
- Eager Expectation
- In Dependence
- Justice Law and Morality
- Soul Edits
- Character Growth
- Pain and Lament
- Anti-Propagandist Action
- The Place of Intent
- For Years/Four Years
- Stones of Remembrance
- Answered Wisely
- Detoured for the Future
- A Void Canvas
- An Unexpected Celebration
- Theory of Foundation
- Repetitive Guidance
- Mirrored Standards
- Master of Godly Anxiety
- A Humble Righteousness
- Opposition Ender
- Breaking Vows
- A Decisive Cut
- (Re)Forging Bonds
- VocationVocationVocation
- Achievement Unlocked
- Nature and Nurture
- The Value of Failure
- The Light Dances
- A Christmas Love Song
- The Ultimate Good
- Feeling the Feast
- Lone Wolf No More
- Gray-Scale Mythology
- The Weight of the Word
- Stress Blessed
- The Truth About Retcons
- Suit Up
- Tell the Story
- Good Is Better
- Less Than Three
- Unmasked
- Shame, Shame, Go Away
- Unchanging Hope
- Expectation Rejection
- Expressing Pain
- Ancient Fan Fic?
- Close Enough?
- Honest Songs of Hope
- Skilled
- Here I Am
- Feeling Aftermath
- Second-Hand Idolatry?
- Pursuit
- Frontline Leadership
- Story Points
- Long Term Solutions
- Leap of Faith
- Conversation in Ignorance
- Sad Crowns
- Circles
- Resolving Image
- Opinion Matters
- Risen Worth
- Fan Theories
- How Unfair
- De-Powered Proving
- Centrality
- Subversive Glory
- The Mystery Cross
- Seasons of Life
- Heroic Qualities
- Just Love
- Blind for the Light
- Beautiful Mess
- Dual Soliloquy?
- A Display of Fandom
- Discovered Beauty
- Perfect Present
- Not Alone, Sorrow-Known
- Greater Miracles
- Peasant King
- Acid Washed
- Thanksforcing
- Undeniable Actions
- Split Second Pop Ups
- Asking Why
- Cliche Sins
- Fog of Faith
- Relational Drift
- Hidden Colors
- Explaining Context
- Unexpected Comedy
- Accepting Pain?
- Reflection
- Obedient Leadership
- Suffering Character
- Faithful Listening
- Familiarity and Awe
- Fandom and Belonging
- Collages by God
- Suffering Passion
- Dependence Day
- Understood
- Uniquely Qualified
- Us and Them
- Expectation + Frustration
- Humility Competence
- Meaning Balance Infinity
- Anniversary + Celebration
- To 100 More
- Through The Darkness
- Join Me At The Table
- Auto-Jumping
- The Greatest Gift
- Sad Face Happy Heart
- Hero of The Story
- Artful Mirrors
- Death and Honor
- Forgiven To Death
- Walls
- Cross-Bearing
- Life Anew
- Ash Covered Heart
- Look Up
- Adaptation
- Stillness Vs Conflict
- Pushin Happies
- ________ Returns
- Surrender
- Mission Engaged
- Coming Attractions
- Forgotten Secrets
- Voiceless
- Greatness
- Big Things
- The Journey
- Main vs Side
- Proper Theology
- Perspectives
- Trouble In Stasis
- Answers?
- The Return of the King
- Constant Companion
- Nerd Lessons
- Standing
- Belonging
- Life After Darkness
- A Shepherd Shaped Hole?
- Blinding Light
- What Is It?
- I Am...
- Celebrate With Me
- Un-Taming The Cross
- Broken Faithfulness
- Time Loops
- Ends As Means?
- Exist in Faithful Peace
- Why No
- Obligatory Anniversary
- Flamily
- RAW vs RAI
- Rogue Smile
- Answerman Returns
- The Day Between
- Contented Questions
- Unexpected Worship
- Differences
- One More Thing
- Unnatural Nature of Death
- Cost of Worship
- Relearnability
- I Choose You
- Reporting from the Depths
- Leading Personality
- Artful Purpose
- Apopcalypse Redux
- Creeds and Freedom
- Rest Hard
- I. M. T.
- Cold Beauty
- Masks
- Happi-less-ness
- Tell Me More
- Time Death and Inevitable
- Lies
- Force Heretic
- Roling the Dice
- Thorns
- Leveling Up
- Preacher, Painter
- Bloody Bible
- Dump Stats?
- Based On True Events
- Beyond the Threshold
- Crossover
- Love the Unlovable
- Disclose Don't Explain
- Time Travel and Mystery
- Laying Down My Rights
- Roles and Truth
- Extreme Tension
- World-Crafting
- The Uncle Ben Moment
- One Who Holds The Stars
- Hope on a Rope
- Wisdom of the Depths
- A Community of Stories
- Communitiy Through Story
- Beauty in Pain
- Sermons
- About
- Contact Us