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All Your Exercise Equipment Will End Up in a Dumpster or Be Sold to Someone Else: A Few December Guest Posts
In December, I had several guest posts published, including one today with The Gospel Coalition on the benefits and limits of fitness.
 • Benjamin Vrbicek
How Writing Fans the Flame: A Conversation with Benjamin Vrbicek
Writing fans the flame of our faith, but we need to accept correction, measure dedicated writing time, and write with our "left hand"
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Godly Euphoria & the Christian Writer
For many years now, I’ve been reflecting privately on the parallels between the journey of Abraham and the journey of Christian writers. This is the…
 • Benjamin Vrbicek
Avoid Announcement Prayers (and Other Advice for Congregational Prayer)
Our church recently made a change to the time of prayer during our services, and we wrote some guidelines we hope will help our leaders pray in public.
 • Benjamin Vrbicek
A ‘Holy Dissatisfaction’ with Anything Less than Gospel Grace: An Interview with Matt Smethurst about Tim Keller
Matt Smethurst summarized the late Tim Keller’s teachings on the Christian life into a book. I read it and loved it. Here’s an interview with Matt about…
 • Benjamin Vrbicek
The Restoration of All Things: Cover, Title, and Table of Contents
An update about my first traditionally published book. May I be so bold as to ask you to share my excitement?
 • Benjamin Vrbicek
How Fast Should a Preacher Preach Words if a Preacher Could Preach Words?
Just because you can 2x your speed, doesn’t mean you should.
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