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Articles about Bible study, sermon notes, devotional tips, and growing in your faith.
Why Bible Margins Can't Hold Your Growing Faith
Why Bible Margins Can't Hold Your Growing Faith You've been there. Pen in hand, trying to squeeze one more cross-reference into a margin that ran out of...
Tom Galland
12 Free Sermon Notes Templates for Every Style
12 Free Sermon Notes Templates for Every Learning Style You sit down Sunday morning with good intentions. Notebook open, pen ready. The pastor delivers ...
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Church Notes App vs. Paper: Honest Comparison
Church Notes App vs. Paper Notebook: An Honest Comparison You pull out your phone during the sermon. Someone three rows back gives you that look. You kn...
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10 Bible Journaling Mistakes Beginners Make
10 Bible Journaling Mistakes Beginners Make (And How to Avoid Them) You've bought the journaling Bible. It's sitting on your desk, pristine and intimida...
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5 Sermon Note Methods That Actually Work
5 Sermon Note-Taking Methods That Help You Remember and Apply You sit down Sunday morning with good intentions. Notebook open, pen ready. The sermon sta...
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Why Your Past Study Insights Are Gold
Teaching the Same Passage Twice: Why Your Past Insights Are Gold You're preparing to teach Romans 8 again. Fifth time. Maybe sixth. You open your study ...
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7 Ways Digital Tools Changed My Bible Study
7 Ways Digital Bible Study Tools Changed How I Learn Scripture Five years ago, I would have told you that real Bible study happened with a physical Bibl...
Tom GallandFrom Borrowed Faith to Personal Convictions
Moving From Borrowed Faith to Personal Convictions Through Study You're in a conversation with a friend who asks why you believe something about God. Yo...
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Transform Your Prayer Life Through Scripture
How Scripture Study Transforms Your Prayer Life From Requests to Authority You've probably prayed for someone and wondered if it actually made any diffe...
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Spiritual Invitation Without Being Pushy
The Art of Spiritual Invitation: From First Visit to Faithful Disciple Picture this: You're an outreach coordinator who's been building a genuine connec...
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Church Operations That Amplify Mission
When Church Operations Amplify Mission Instead of Distracting From It You didn't get into ministry to become an administrator. Yet here you are, approvi...
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Multi-Site Discipleship Without Losing Local Heart
Leading Multi-Site Discipleship Without Losing Local Authenticity You've got three campuses. Same church, same mission, same core values. But when someo...
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