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kindle afresh skip to content kindle afresh the blog and website of kenneth berding primary menu blog books articles sermons resources about contact from public baths to prisons how ancient civic places unlock the bible i recently read a fascinating book about ancient places like theaters agoras libraries cemeteries and how understanding their functions can illuminate early christian life the author is jason borges jason earned his master of divinity at talbot school of theology biola university and a ph d at durham university in northeast england jason recently released christian life continue reading from public baths to prisons how ancient civic places unlock the bible posted on august 10 2026 august 8 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible books and authors history tagged agora ancient greece ancient rome apostle paul baker academic bible jason borges temple turkey leave a comment what is my calling i told trudi this morning that one of the reasons i m willing to work hard in ministry lose sleep and frequently end each day tired is because i have a strong sense of calling 1 this has been true ever since god got a hold of my heart as a fourteen year old high school freshman but after continue reading what is my calling posted on august 1 2026 july 31 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible church life culture personal spiritual life tagged bible calling ministry assignments spiritual gifts leave a comment a different kind of love song a reflection on marriage and mission this summer trudi and i are celebrating 40 years of marriage forty years ago i vowed faithfulness friendship and my entire future to trudi lynn wilson apart from following christ it was the best decision i ever made trudi has shown more love compassion and grace than i could have ever hoped for and far more than continue reading a different kind of love song a reflection on marriage and mission posted on july 18 2026 july 17 2026 by kenneth berding posted in missions and outreach personal spiritual life tagged anniversary love song marriage mission trudi berding 1 comment i used to think that everything in the bible should be easy to understand following is the introduction to a message i preached on 1 corinthians 9 1 18 at redemption hill church on march 22 2026 as part of the preaching series on 1 corinthians that sermon is here in the introduction i raise the question of why everything in the bible isn t easy to understand when god got a continue reading i used to think that everything in the bible should be easy to understand posted on july 11 2026 july 17 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible personal tagged bible clarity of scripture perspecuity of scripture redemption hill church leave a comment snippets from god s purposes in our pain for today s post i ve extracted twelve brief passages from my new book with co author keith krell god s purposes in our pain 10 ways god uses suffering for our good i hope you ll receive spiritual encouragement from these short excerpts though of course the impact will be greater if you can get a copy of the book continue reading snippets from god s purposes in our pain posted on july 1 2026 june 30 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible books and authors personal spiritual life tagged apostle paul bible god s purposes in our pain keith r krell kenneth berding suffering leave a comment god s purposes in our pain release day excerpt today is launch day for god s purposes in our pain 10 ways god uses suffering for our good keith krell my co author and i have been eagerly awaiting this day so we can share this book with you the photo is of students in my romans class celebrating the release of this brand new book continue reading god s purposes in our pain release day excerpt posted on june 23 2026 june 22 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible books and authors personal spiritual life tagged apostle paul bible crossway keith r krell kenneth berding pain suffering theodicy leave a comment seven things to do to prepare for spiritual warfare do you want to be ready when you face spiritual warfare do you want to be prepared when you encounter attacks from satan and his host of demons the bible tells us to get ready eph 6 10 14a how can you prepare for spiritual warfare here are seven things you can do to get ready these continue reading seven things to do to prepare for spiritual warfare posted on june 11 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible missions and outreach spiritual life tagged apostle paul belt of truth bible breastplate of righteousness demons devil ephesians 6 ephesians 6 10 20 helmet of salvation satan shield of faith spiritual warfare sword of the spirit leave a comment how is a christian different from a non christian in relation to sin romans 6 one important way that a christian is different from a non christian in relation to sin according to the apostle paul is that a christian is not stuck in sin whereas a non christian is i ve decided to coin a new theological word today to describe this difference stuckness the apostle paul uses a stronger metaphor continue reading how is a christian different from a non christian in relation to sin romans 6 posted on june 1 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible spiritual life theology tagged overcoming sin romans 6 sin slavery to sin stuckness leave a comment predestined to be conformed to the image of christ romans 8 29 for those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers rom 8 29 today s devotional thought is not really focused on predestination even if that s the first thing my students want to talk about when they encounter romans continue reading predestined to be conformed to the image of christ romans 8 29 posted on may 20 2026 may 21 2026 by kenneth berding posted in bible books and authors personal spiritual life theology tagged apostle paul bible how to live an in christ life image of god predestination romans 8 29 suffering leave a comment the thirty minute prayer meeting 8 years 70 residential students more than 100 community dinners hundreds of one on one meetings and approximately 350 morning prayer meetings twice a week we have been praying with the college men and women who have shared life with us at the one year residential discipleship program trudi and i have led during these past eight years continue reading the thirty minute prayer meeting posted on may 9 2026 by kenneth berding posted in church life personal spiritual life tagged christian community church prayer prayer meetings the berdhouse leave a comment posts navigation older posts search blog posts search for blog post categories bible books and authors church life culture history missions and outreach personal spiritual life theology sign up free gift would you like to receive an email notification when i post something new as thanks for signing up i ll send you a short ebook for free misunderstanding the bible how and why 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