Author Ava Pennington
Author Ava Pennington
Eavesdropping on the Trinity

Eavesdropping on the Trinity

Eavesdropping on the Trinity   Did you hear about the March 2025 survey from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University? The survey revealed that only 11% of American adults, and only 16% of people who identify as Christians, believe in the...

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I Can’t . . . Or I Can Try

I Can’t . . . Or I Can Try

I Can’t . . . Or I Can Try   Physical therapy has pushed me to my limits, and possibly beyond. After several surgeries in the past year, my final surgery occurred 3 weeks ago . . . and the physical therapy for knee replacement has been a killer. I’ve been known...

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Test or Temptation?

Test or Temptation?

Test or Temptation?   April showers bring May flowers . . . unless you’re a student. Students are not thinking about flowers in May. They’re thinking about tests. Final exams: the bane of every student. And whether they like it or not, the point of the tests is...

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When Bible Reading Becomes Discouraging

When Bible Reading Becomes Discouraging

When Bible Reading Becomes Discouraging Discouragement is real. And often the easiest time to become discouraged is during your own Bible reading. As you read the Bible, have you or a loved one ever thought, I’ll never measure up to these giants of the faith. How do...

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How Much Storage Do We Need?

How Much Storage Do We Need?

How Much Storage Do We Need?   It doesn’t matter how many garage sales I have, how many bags I donate, or how many full trash cans I cart to the curb. The stuff in my closets multiplies behind closed doors like proverbial rabbits. And I’m not the only one dealing...

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Who Are the “Least of These”?

Who Are the “Least of These”?

Who Are the Least of These?   Who are “the least of these”? The answer may not be what you expect. The phrase, “the least of these” is found in the parable of the Sheep and Goats that Jesus told in Matthew 25:31-46. This passage describes a coming time of...

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My Name is Barabbas, Pilate, and Caiaphas

My Name is Barabbas, Pilate, and Caiaphas

My Name is Barabbas   He was a rebel and a murderer. Condemned to die without any chance of appeal. He was guilty and he knew it. Then when it appeared all hope was gone, reprieve arrived in the form of another chosen to die in his place (Luke 23). I have been a...

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What’s So Special About the Lamb of God?

What’s So Special About the Lamb of God?

What’s So Special About the Lamb?   Why a lamb? Of all the animals on earth, why did God choose a lamb to describe His Son and represent the payment for our sin? And when John the Baptist proclaimed, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!”...

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