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Stewarding the Beatitudes – #3 Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
By Dr. Scott Rodin | January 26, 2024 We are in a six-part series looking at the Beatitudes through the lens of our steward theology. Our premise is that the blessed or happy life Jesus is announcing comes through the fully surrendered life of the steward. Each Beatitude depicts an ... read on
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Stewarding the Beatitudes – #2 Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
By Dr. Scott Rodin | January 19, 2024 We are in a six-part series looking at the Beatitudes through the lens of our steward theology. Our premise is that the blessed or happy life Jesus is announcing comes through the fully surrendered life of the steward. Each Beatitude depicts an ... read on
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Stewarding the Beatitudes
By Dr. Scott Rodin | January 12, 2024 Since Thanksgiving, my devotional time has featured reading through the book of Matthew. That was a wonderful choice that had me relishing the story of the wise men around Christmas, John the Baptist preparing the way and Jesus withstanding temptation at the ... read on
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A New Year’s Challenge – Start 2024 with a Sieve
By Dr. Scott Rodin | January 1, 2024 In 2019, my novel, The Four Gifts of the King, was published. Like most novels, the novel has a meta-narrative – a big story to tell. Every person in the book has a part in telling that story. No one is superfluous. No ... read on
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The Speed of Darkness – A Christmas Blog
By Dr. Scott Rodin | December 25, 2023 A Christmas blog about darkness? Really? Let me explain. Jesus was born in the physical darkness of a stable. He came into a social darkness of poverty, oppression, and fear. He entered a politically dark culture under cruel Roman rule. His first ... read on
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Healing Our Soul at Christmas
By Dr. Scott Rodin | December 15, 2023 This Christmas, like all others, it’s easy to lament over the rampant consumerism that seems to dominate this season. We’ve grown accustomed to Christmas decorations before Halloween and endless commercials telling us how and where to buy happiness. It is frustrating and ... read on
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Christmas’ Audacious Claim
By Dr. Scott Rodin | December 8, 2023 This blog is adapted from our ebook, ‘Stewarding Christmas’, available for free at https://kingdomlifepublishing.com/product/stewarding-christmas Christmas is a potentially dangerous holiday. There is an audacious claim, an extraordinary truth that lies buried beneath the superficial trappings of our increasingly secularized Christmas celebrations. As ... read on
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Stewarding Grace and the Costliness of Christmas
By Dr. Scott Rodin | December 1, 2023 Christmas is a very costly celebration, or at least it should be. The temptation we face this holiday season is to make Christmas cheap. Let me explain. The Apostle Peter tells the church that they are stewards of the grace of God ... read on
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Thanksgiving Is All in Your Head (or it should be)
By Dr. Scott Rodin | November 23, 2023 The Oxford Dictionary defines thanksgiving as, “the feeling of being happy or grateful because of something.”[1] With all due respect, I think the Oxford Dons got it wrong. What they’ve described is thanksfeeling. If they are right, then it will only take a brief viewing of local, national, ... read on
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Stewarding God’s Truth in an Age of Christophobia
By Dr. Scott Rodin | November 15, 2023 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.” Matthew 24:9 How do we proclaim God’s truth in this post-truth age and rising Christophobia? The Center for Steward ... read on
