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Heart of Renewal: Renewal Series Part 6
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Heart of Renewal: Renewal Series Part 6

How does the gospel really change us? What’s our part? What’s God’s part? Take a deeper look at how the gospel brings personal renewal to the human heart, beginning with yours, in the Renewal Series Pt 6 by Steve Childers.

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Spreading Renewal: Renewal Series Part 5
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Spreading Renewal: Renewal Series Part 5

Paul would be shocked to find the church so horribly divided today. Since no single church has the gifts and resources needed to do effective ministry to a whole community, churches must partner with other churches. Learn more in the Renewal Series Pt 5 by Steve Childers.

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Community Renewal: Renewal Series Part 4
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Community Renewal: Renewal Series Part 4

What is the church’s role in transforming society? Should the church just focus on saving souls? The problem is a failure to have a biblical balance between the not yet and the already aspects of God’s kingdom on earth. Learn more in the Renewal Series Pt 4 by Steve Childers.

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Church Renewal Dynamics: Renewal Series Part 3
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Church Renewal Dynamics: Renewal Series Part 3

The biblical dynamics of church renewal include always aligning God’s church with God’s mission of restoring people to God, one another, their community, and the world through Christ by his Spirit. Learn more in the new Renewal Series Part 3 by Steve Childers.

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Personal Renewal: Renewal Series Part 2
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Personal Renewal: Renewal Series Part 2

Personal, spiritual renewal begins when thirsty people start turning away from their idols and drinking deeply from the well that is Christ. Learn more in the new Renewal Series Part 2 by Steve Childers.

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Vision for Renewal: Renewal Series Part 1
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Vision for Renewal: Renewal Series Part 1

The church today is in serious decline. There is a desperate need for a new outpouring of God’s Spirit. We must first recapture the biblical vision of the great church leaders and churches in history. Learn more in the new Renewal Series Part 1 by Dr. Steve Childers.

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Corporate Worship Services: Worship Series Part 6
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Corporate Worship Services: Worship Series Part 6

Our corporate worship should inspire our personal worship and our personal worship should culminate in our corporate worship. Learn practical ways your weekly worship can be more edifying to you and honoring to God in this new episode on worship by Drs. Frame and Childers.

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Why Your Work Matters to God: Faith and Work Series Part 1
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Why Your Work Matters to God: Faith and Work Series Part 1

In today’s hybrid work culture, Christians need to embrace biblical principles and practices of work and rest. Recommit to a biblical view of work this Labor Day and get 50% DISCOUNT on “Faith & Work Course” by Dr. Steve Childers.

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Freedom Is Not Free: Tribute to My Uncle Shot Down in Battle of Midway by Steve Childers
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Freedom Is Not Free: Tribute to My Uncle Shot Down in Battle of Midway by Steve Childers

This is a tribute to my uncle Lloyd that includes his account (video clips) of being shot and wounded by Japanese fighter pilots in the historic battle of Midway. My grandfather, Fred Childers, was a combat medic in WWI. His oldest sons, my uncles Lloyd and Wayne, served in combat with the Navy and Marines. His youngest son, my father Lee, served in Air Force and flew in the Berlin Airlift.

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Christological Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 6B
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Christological Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 6B

The Bible gives us a news report that something big has happened that should shape your entire life. Do you know the headline? Your theology must be grounded in a biblical understanding of the gospel. Learn more from Drs. Frame and Childers.

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Restorative Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 6A
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Restorative Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 6A

Did you know that the afterlife will be even better than Eden? Learn from Drs. Frame and Childers that the goal of your salvation is not only to forgive you and allow you into heaven when you die. God also promises to restore all your broken relationships in a New Earth forever.

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10 Reasons to Celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection
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10 Reasons to Celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection

Why celebrate the resurrection of Jesus? The resurrection means much more than we can have life after death. The Bible give us several perspectives on the meaning and significance of Jesus’ resurrection. Here are ten biblical reasons to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

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Good News About Good Friday
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Good News About Good Friday

God was able to create the world out of nothing by just the power of his word. But God is not able to forgive you by just “deciding” to forgive you. You’ll never know the depth of God’s love for you until you first know the depth of God’s wrath poured out on Christ for you in the cross.

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Covenantal Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 5B
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Covenantal Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 5B

God carries out his plan for the world through Covenants. An essential key to understanding the Bible is understanding God’s Covenants. Learn about all the Bible’s covenants and how they find their fulfillment in the Christ of the Covenants from Drs. Frame and Childers.

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The Redemptive-Historical Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 5A
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The Redemptive-Historical Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 5A

Warning: Do not study theology only as a list of disconnected topics. Learn the ancient Trinitarian method used by Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Bavinck, et. al. that sees the essence of salvation as re-creation by the Triune God in this series by Drs. Frame and Childers.

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The Trinitarian Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 4B
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The Trinitarian Foundation: Foundations in Theology Series Part 4B

Learn how to see Scripture and all of life using this ancient Trinitarian method used by prominent theologians throughout history. The Trinity is both a doctrine and a perspective – a way of seeing all doctrine and life. Learn how from Drs. Frame and Childers.

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