Articles
Plain-language articles on what the Bible says about anxiety, hope, forgiveness and the things you are carrying today.
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Verse meaningsRomans 8:28 Meaning: What 'All Things Work Together for Good' Really Promises
It gets pressed into the hands of grieving people as if it meant the loss was secretly good. Read in its own sentence and the one…
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Verse meaningsPsalm 46:10 Meaning: 'Be Still and Know' Is Not What You Think
It gets printed over sunsets and sold as a cue to breathe and calm down. In the psalm itself, the line is spoken over earthquakes…
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Verse meaningsPsalm 23 Meaning: A Line-by-Line Explanation
Psalm 23 is the most familiar poem in the Bible and one of the least closely read. Here it is line by line — the shepherd, the…
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Verse meaningsJohn 3:16 Meaning: What the Most Famous Verse Actually Says
The most quoted sentence on earth, and one of the most stripped of its setting. It was said quietly, after dark, to a single…
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Verse meaningsJeremiah 29:11 Meaning: The Verse Everyone Misquotes
A line printed on graduation cards as a personal guarantee of a bright future. It was written to a defeated people who had just…
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Anxiety and worryPhilippians 4:6–7 Meaning: Written From a Prison Cell
Four lines that get printed on mugs. They were written by a man under house arrest, awaiting a verdict that could have gone…
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Anxiety and worryBible Verses About Anxiety: What Scripture Actually Says
The Bible has a great deal to say to anxious people, and almost none of it is "stop worrying". Here is what these passages meant…