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In a world that constantly tells us we need more—more success, more clarity, more control—we can far too easily fall into a pattern of subtly looking beyond Jesus for satisfaction, identity, or assurance. The 14-day devotional Christ Our All gently but firmly calls us back to the simple yet life-changing truth that Christ is enough.

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Dear Friend,

The Eclectic Society was founded in 1783 by several Anglican clergymen, the most famous of the early members being John Newton, hymn writer of “Amazing Grace.” The Society came together for the express purpose of deepening their fellowship in the Gospel and encouraging one another to be faithful to it. In the history of the Church, similar gatherings of Christian fellowship and unity in the Gospel have proved to be of eternal significance.

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A sensible middle schooler can likely grasp the teaching, found throughout the New Testament, that although as Christians we may be disregarded as naive or bizarre, we are not to live in such a way as to be dismissed because we are bad, intolerant, rebellious, or disrespectful. Christians are to be exemplars of obedience—even in a non-Christian society!

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“When we read the Bible, we are reading history, and we are reading and geography. This will frame and form our understanding of the world.”
—Alistair Begg

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In many ways, the journey of God’s people from Egypt to Canaan serves as a pattern and a picture of the Christian life. As Israel moved to its rest in the promised land, so the church moves toward its rest in heaven; and as they experienced temptation and declension in the wilderness, so do we.

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“God reigns over the nations;
 God sits on his holy throne.
The princes of the peoples gather
 as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
 he is highly exalted!”

Psalm 47:8–9

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That Jesus Christ was a man who walked the earth some two thousand years ago is a well-established fact, affirmed even by secular historians. The significant question is not “Did He exist?” but “Who was He, and what did He do?”

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Throughout the New Testament, believers are often described as being “in Christ.” In fact, the apostle Paul uses this term, or a variant of it, over eighty times throughout his letters. Yet our union with Christ is a defining reality of the Christian life that is often overlooked or misunderstood.

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“In the experience of suffering we learn that God is prepared to go to any lengths to make us like His Son.”
—Alistair Begg

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How do we explain the apparent weakness of the church in much of the Western world today? One answer is the absence of waiting.

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