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Article I

40. Jesus and the Samaritan Woman: Grace at the Well

By @remingtonltly582

The scene is small, almost ordinary by the standards of a busy day: a well outside town, a woman coming to draw water, heat pressing down on the road. Yet it becomes one of the Gospel stories that feels emotionally close, the kind you can picture without effort. Jesus meets a woman the social world would have preferred to ignore, and he does it at a place where water is normally the only topic. By the end, the conversation has turned into something deeper than thirst, deepe

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Article II

66. Bearing Fruit for the Kingdom

By @remingtonltly582

There is a point in many faithful lives when the question stops being “am I doing enough” and becomes “what kind of fruit am I actually growing.” Not the fruit that looks impressive on a Sunday morning, but the fruit that shows up after weeks of ordinary faithfulness. The kingdom of God advances through people who keep living in a way that changes what their hands touch, how their mouths speak, and what their hearts refuse to excuse. Bearing fruit for the kingdom is not

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Article III

59. Jesus’ Suffering: Meaning for Believers

By @remingtonltly582

Jesus’ suffering is one of those themes that sounds familiar until you sit with it long enough to feel its weight. It is not an abstract idea or a distant chapter in a museum case. The Gospels present a sequence of events with consequences that were immediate and physical: betrayal, public humiliation, pain, and death. Yet the New Testament does not treat that suffering as a meaningless tragedy. It frames it as purposeful, representative, and transformative for believers.

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Article IV

73. Finding Your Identity in Jesus

By @remingtonltly582

Identity is one of those words that sounds tidy until you try to live inside it. Most people can talk about it, even debate it. But when identity gets stressed, when your plans fail, when relationships wobble, when your body changes, when your reputation takes a hit, the question stops being philosophical. It becomes visceral: Who am I if I am not performing, proving, pleasing, or coping? For Christians, “identity in Jesus” is not a motivational slogan. It is a spiritual

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Article V

23. Jesus: Our Savior and Lord

By @remingtonltly582

There are plenty of ways to talk about Jesus that stay safe and abstract. You can treat him like an inspirational figure who teaches moral lessons, or like a religious symbol whose meaning changes depending on the reader. But Christianity has never been content with “safe and abstract.” The earliest confession of faith was not just about what Jesus said, but about who he is and what he has done. He is named Savior and Lord for specific reasons, and those reasons make a diff

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Article VI

5. Jesus and the Kingdom of God

By @remingtonltly582

When people talk about the “kingdom of God,” they often sound like they are talking about a destination you will reach after you die. Jesus certainly speaks about a future dimension, but his teaching does not float off into vague spirituality. The kingdom shows up in the way he speaks, heals, eats with people society pushes to the margins, and confronts religious certainty when it hardens into self-protection. In my experience, the biggest confusion comes from treating “

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