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Ministerial Platforms, Self-Praise, and Self-Glory

Chopo Mwanza considers the life and ministry of John the Baptist and asks whether we display his kind of humility.

Grace From the God Who Guards Your Life

“Though it all ended well, it was frightening to witness. As is helpful and necessary after an unsettling event, I continued to process what I had seen in the days that followed. This young lifeguard—she couldn’t have been older than twenty—headed into danger in order to rescue someone out of it. This moved me. On that day, she courageously embodied her title: she guarded life—an actual life!”

The Traits of False Teachers

“False teachers will always be with us. Peter points out how they have hidden among God’s people since Old Testament days. In fact, it all began in the garden


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