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7 Lies Your Kids Will Believe Unless You Do Something
Foundry Church Foundry Church

7 Lies Your Kids Will Believe Unless You Do Something

This video is a conversation between conservative pastor Mike Winger and author/teacher Elizabeth Urbanowicz. It’s over an hour long, and it focuses on uncovering the hidden messaging that prevails in our culture. They tackle messages such as “If I feel it, it must be true” and “Follow your heart” discussing them from a Biblical perspective. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole conversation, you can choose which topic to listen to. They are all listed in the video’s description.

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“25 Days of Christmas” Fail
Marlys Lawry Marlys Lawry

“25 Days of Christmas” Fail

Last Christmas season, Dan and I established our first holiday tradition as newlyweds. We wanted to do a random act of kindness, an act of service, or give a gift on each of the 25 days leading to Christmas.

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Willing to Wait
Al Hulbert Al Hulbert

Willing to Wait

For most, the Christmas season quickly fills up with events, parties, special things like parades and visits to Santa. For children (and some tall children) it's tough to wait for the presents to present themselves. I so enjoy this time of year, and I'm sure many of you do as well. I also love revisiting the various vignettes of the cast who populate the story of nativity.

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Willing To Go
Al Hulbert Al Hulbert

Willing To Go

Advent season is second only to Easter on the Christian calendar, and it is filled with memorable people and events which culminate in the birth of Jesus. The rhythms of the days preparing for him to arrive display familiar stories. The carols and hymns rehearse the thrill of hope as a weary world rejoices and invitations to come, all you faithful, to see the baby so long promised and how here.

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What Child is This?
Austin Evans Austin Evans

What Child is This?

I have so many unanswered questions about the Christmas story. When was Jesus really born? What day? What year? Was the manger inside or outside? Did he look like Mary? Did he have cowlicks? Did he have bad breath? Did he cry? How many family members were around for the birth? How many shepherds were there? How many magi? Although fun to imagine the answers to those questions, they really aren't important. The most important question was, "What child is this?"

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