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The Power of Honesty
June 20th, 2025
The fragility of their frame is not in the honesty itself but in their refusal to be wrong, their quiet conviction that truth must be agreeable to be true. So they twist the knife the other way, accus...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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The Sensitivity Stronghold
June 13th, 2025
There is a strange irony that often lingers beneath the surface of our most well-meaning Christian communities—one we rarely confront, but often accommodate. It creeps into discipleship under the guis...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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Unlabeled
June 6th, 2025
Have you noticed how often Scripture leaves people unnamed? The woman with the alabaster jar. The man born blind. The thief on the cross. The widow with two mites. The woman at the well. No carefully ...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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Hidden Glory
May 30th, 2025
There is a deep and relentless ache within the human soul—a yearning that propels men to etch their names into stone, to chase the ever-fading applause, to strain toward the assurance that they matter...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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The Soundless Roar of Offense
May 23rd, 2025
There is a kind of offense that screams, and there is a kind that whispers. The loud ones are easier to spot. But the quiet ones—they sit next to us. They send kind emails with barbed undertones. They...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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The Shepherd's Way
May 16th, 2025
The words of Jesus in Luke 15 are scandalous in their simplicity: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine... and go after the one that is l...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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The Grace Road
May 9th, 2025
The church likes its heroes tidy. We like our narratives linear. We prefer Paul the trailblazer, Barnabas the encourager, Mark the gospel-writer. But when they collide—when a young man deserts his cal...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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Assumption and Her Partner Presumption
May 2nd, 2025
They are quiet, these two. Assumption and her sister Presumption move quickly, feeding on half-truths, imagined offenses, and misheard words. They do not announce themselves with loud accusations or w...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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No Part or Lot
April 25th, 2025
They desire to be seen as spiritual, as valuable to the community of the faithful, as useful to the movement of God—yet all the while, the intent of the heart is angled not toward Christ’s glory but t...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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The Glaze of Fervent Lips
April 18th, 2025
The weight of words is not in their fervor but in the obedience that follows. A glaze may gleam on pottery, but beneath—has the fire purified it? Or does the heat reveal fractures unseen? ...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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The King Deserves More
April 11th, 2025
Imagine a husband who tells his wife, “I love you,” but never seeks to understand her, never puts effort into knowing her deeper, never sacrifices for her. Is that love? If we claim to love the Lord b...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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Out of Position
April 4th, 2025
The tragedy of misplaced position is not just personal; it is collective. It is the church, the community, the family that suffers when someone remains where they were never meant to be. But the beaut...  Read More
by Valeta Baty
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