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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€.The debate th...
06/15/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

The debate that followed was loud. And largely without hope.

In Iceland, virtually no child with Down syndrome is born anymore. Much of the Western world is heading the same wrong direction โ€” quietly, one diagnosis at a time.

Brice and Amanda Wurdeman understand the struggle because they have two sons with Down syndrome. But they ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค know the ๐—๐—ข๐—ฌ and have written a book about what ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ about that โ€” ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ about what the church can do.

Not condemnation. But an invitation to add more seats around the table.

๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™๐™ฅ releases July 1.

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€.๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด...
06/11/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ 17 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

The internet, predictably, erupted โ€” anger, grief, argument, condemnation. More heat than light.

Weโ€™re not going to add to the noise. But we do want to say something.

In Iceland, virtually no child with Down syndrome is born anymore โ€” not because the condition has been cured, but because nearly every pregnancy that screens positive is terminated. Denmark, France, and the UK are trending the same direction. Quietly and efficiently, the Western world has begun treating a Down syndrome diagnosis as a reason not to bring a child into the world.

Brice and Amanda Wurdeman understand that tension. They have two sons with Down syndrome. One is biological. One they chose to adopt. They know what a diagnosis feels like. They understand the fear. They also understand the incredible value that God puts on every human life.

And theyโ€™ve written a book โ€” ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™๐™ฅ โ€” that doesnโ€™t argue but invites.

Drawing from ten biblical stories โ€” Blind Bartimaeus, Mephibosheth, the Great Banquet, and more โ€” Brice (a Christian College professor) and Amanda (a mother)
show what Godโ€™s Word has always said: that people with disabilities donโ€™t just belong in our churches and communities. They have a reserved seat.

This is the counter-cultural vision the moment needs. Not rage. Not condemnation. But a table with more chairs.

๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™๐™ฅ releases July 1.

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Jesus rose early. Sought a desolate place. Prayed.After a full day of ministryโ€”that was his pattern.Interior life before...
06/04/2026

Jesus rose early. Sought a desolate place. Prayed.

After a full day of ministryโ€”that was his pattern.

Interior life before exterior life. ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

In ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™ˆ๐™€๐˜ฟ, J.K. Jones explores what the Gospel of Mark teaches us about Christian spiritualityโ€”and why it starts with how Jesus himself lived.

๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™™: ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‚๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™  ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ
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๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ New from Jeff Vines๐™๐™–๐™ข๐™š. ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฎ. ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ. We chase them, thinking they'll finally make us whole. But what i...
06/01/2026

๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ New from Jeff Vines

๐™๐™–๐™ข๐™š. ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฎ. ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ. We chase them, thinking they'll finally make us whole. But what if the thing you're chasing is actually ruining you?

Jeff Vines has spent 30+ years in ministry across four continents. In his new book ๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‡๐™‘๐™€๐˜ฟ, he shows us why the highly successful are often the most chronically discontentโ€”and reveals the path to shalom peace that doesn't depend on circumstances.
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๐—” ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—๐—˜๐—™๐—™ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆWhat if the unfortunate events in your life aren't obstaclesโ€”but training grounds?  In ๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‡๐™‘๐™€...
05/28/2026

๐—” ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—๐—˜๐—™๐—™ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ

What if the unfortunate events in your life aren't obstaclesโ€”but training grounds?

In ๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‡๐™‘๐™€๐˜ฟ, Jeff Vines unpacks seven resolutions from the story of Gideon that will transform how you see your struggles, your fears, and your God.

Remember: "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต."

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.
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You may be ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, but God can ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ you.God takes your ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด and ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„.In RESOLVED, Jeff Vine...
05/26/2026

You may be ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, but God can ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ you.

God takes your ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด and ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„.

In RESOLVED, Jeff Vines digs into Gideon's story, and shows how God specializes in taking the most unlikely, insecure, and overwhelmed people and making them mighty. Not because ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, but because ๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€.

If you have ever felt disqualified, this one is for you.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ www.collegepress.com
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Jeff Vines knows ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ. Not as a conceptโ€”as a cage. The kind of anxiety that convinces your body danger is near when n...
05/21/2026

Jeff Vines knows ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ. Not as a conceptโ€”as a cage. The kind of anxiety that convinces your body danger is near when nothing is wrong. Racing heart. Sweating. The feeling of impending doom.

A psychologist told him something that sounded crazy: "๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ." It changed EVERYTHING.

In ๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‡๐™‘๐™€๐˜ฟ, Jeff shares how his worst struggle became his greatest teacherโ€”and how yours can too. "๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด."

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.
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๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜: https://www.collegepress.com/collections/christ-or-collapse-series๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต
05/21/2026

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜:
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๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต

A man loses his wallet. A stranger finds it and discovers a 60-year-old love letter insideโ€”from a woman named Hannah to ...
05/19/2026

A man loses his wallet. A stranger finds it and discovers a 60-year-old love letter insideโ€”from a woman named Hannah to a man named Michael.

The stranger tracks down Hannah. She's 76, living in a nursing home. She never married. "๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ," she says.

Then the stranger learns something stunning: Michael lives in the same nursing home. Five floors apart. Three weeks later, they were married.

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š? Or the ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ who orchestrates every detail of our lives?

This story and dozens more fill the pages of Jeff Vines' new book ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ถ๐‘ณ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ
โ€”a book about trusting God when the odds are stacked against you.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
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