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The Pull Toward Evil—and the Power to Become Better

There’s something honest—and uncomfortable—about admitting this: left to ourselves, we don’t naturally drift toward what is good. We drift toward what is easy, selfish, and, at times, destructive. You don’t have to look far to see it. It shows up … Continue reading

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Turn Us Again to Yourself: The Cry of Psalm 80

Psalm 80 contains a hauntingly beautiful refrain—one the psalmist repeats three times (vv. 3, 7, 19): “Turn us again to Yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.Make Your face shine down upon us.Only then will we be saved.” Whenever Scripture … Continue reading

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