Eric Davis offers a few reasons why trying to do church away from church isn’t really church. Here’s one of his thoughts: Worship of God is not a self-determined endeavor. Much of the Bible begins with God laying out what it means, and does not mean, to worship him. One take-away from Exodus and Leviticus …

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A discomforting point of clarity from J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. Vance’s complex and ongoing relationship with his mother had been marred by her addictions and psychological disfunction. As an adult in his own relationships he was noting a tendency. And it caused him great fear. …I’d scream and I’d yell. I’d do all of the …

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