Bob Burckle and Dirk Smith

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  Mar 18, 2026

  If Iran opens, the Church must be ready with Bibles

  As conflict and uncertainty continue across Iran, the Church should be thinking about something else too: preparation.

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  Sep 23, 2025

  When 70% of churchgoers don't open their Bibles daily

  We live in a time when God’s Word is more accessible than at any other point in human history, yet we engage with it less.

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  Sep 6, 2024

  What it means to say God speaks our language

  We in the West are certainly not starved for the Word of God. Yet, there are many throughout the world who are.

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  Apr 26, 2024

  Is this all there is to life? Purposeless ‘success’

  Locked into that job for eight hours a day, five days a week — 40 hours a week with two weeks' vacation each year. For most of us, it is then that we really begin to question, “Is this all there is?

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  Feb 13, 2024

  Real love is unconditional. Do you know what that means?

  Even when people are difficult to love, even when we are hit with the hard news that a child’s circumstances may prove more challenging than that of the norm — we are still compelled to love, and love above all else. 

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  Dec 3, 2023

  What can you give God for Christmas?

  As we enter this gift-giving Christmas season, consider the question, “What can we give to Almighty God both now and every day for the rest of our time on earth?” 

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  Aug 22, 2023

  Starving in our abundance of God's Word

  When we aren’t regularly consuming God’s Word, we stop having a hunger for it. We can be starving for God’s Word but may not even realize it as we’ve gotten out of the habit of reading Scripture regularly.

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  Apr 13, 2023

  Do you know who I Am?

  “Do you know who I Am?” God asks. Let’s help them answer, “Yes, Lord.”

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  Jan 15, 2023

  The most searched Ukrainian term on Bible app in 2022

  Many might ask, how can they respond with such an attitude when they’ve experienced so much abuse and trauma? The Gospel provides answers through the life and ministry of Jesus.

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  Aug 14, 2022

  The big picture perspective of a biblical worldview

  Older generation Christians tend to be great hearers of the Word, but far too often it doesn’t translate into action, as the biblical author James contends. Younger generations are all about taking action for social justice — the doing — but they aren’t engaging with the Word at all.