
generosity
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When Gratitude Runs Out of Words
Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 9:15 “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” Paul ends a long, practical discussion about generosity with a sentence that almost feels like a holy interruption. After talking about offerings, willingness, cheerful giving, and provision, he suddenly stops and exclaims, “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” It’s as…
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Barnabas: The Quiet Fire of a Son of Consolation
If Paul is the thunder that shakes the sky of the New Testament, Barnabas is the steady fire that keeps the embers glowing. His story doesn’t roar across the pages with shipwrecks and prison epistles, but without him, much of what we admire in the early church might look very different. Barnabas lives in the…