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The Bible Is Telling Your Story: What the Characters of Scripture Reveal about the Patterns Shaping Your Life

The Bible Is Telling Your Story: What the Characters of Scripture Reveal about the Patterns Shaping Your Life

An exploration of Biblical archetypes revealing timeless patterns of identity, suffering, shame, healing, and transformation shaping every human life.

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What Jesus Actually Meant by “Deny Yourself”

What a closer reading of Jesus’ words reveals about faith, certainty, and surrender.

What Jesus Actually Meant by “Deny Yourself”

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The Most Misunderstood Phrase Jesus Ever Spoke

Why Jesus’ original audience heard a message of resistance, where modern readers hear a message of compliance

The Most Misunderstood Phrase Jesus Ever Spoke

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The 9 Questions People Asked Me as a Pastor (That I Couldn’t Answer)

The conversations that revealed what people are really searching for beneath faith and doubt

The 9 Questions People Asked Me as a Pastor (That I Couldn’t Answer)

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The 10 Best Christ Figures in Movie History

An exploration of the sacrificial heroes, chosen ones, and saviours who echo Christ on screen.

The 10 Best Christ Figures in Movie History

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The Bible’s Most Troubling Deaths (And Why I Still Believe God Is Good)

Exploring the Tension Between the Violent God of Some Biblical Texts and the Nonviolent Jesus

The Bible’s Most Troubling Deaths (And Why I Still Believe God Is Good)

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The Most Disturbing Thing I’ve Heard a Preacher Say

What a single sentence reveals about the God many Christians worship

The Most Disturbing Thing I’ve Heard a Preacher Say

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6d ago

Should Churches Really Be Exempt from Tax? Why I Changed My Mind

The surprising arguments for — and against — one of the most controversial financial exemptions in modern society.

Should Churches Really Be Exempt from Tax? Why I Changed My Mind

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Jul 8

The Secret to Building a Church Where People Tell the Truth

What psychology, spiritual formation, and the teachings of Jesus reveal about authentic community

The Secret to Building a Church Where People Tell the Truth

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Jul 7

How to Tell If You’re Following God… or Just Yourself

A practical framework for distinguishing genuine faith from a projection of your own desires and assumptions.

How to Tell If You’re Following God… or Just Yourself

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Writer, Poet, Blogger: Tackling life, faith, culture, religion, politics, and spirituality. Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/DanFosterWriter

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