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If God already knew an angel would rebel, why did He let it happen anyway? Will you truly know your spouse once you reach heaven? And why do Christians still lose ground to a sin they thought they’d already beaten? Pastor Mike Fabarez wades into all three in another edition of Ask Pastor Mike Live.

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When life knocks you flat, is your instinct to pull back from everyone around you? Pastor Mike Fabarez begins a brand-new study on real comfort, and starts with a warning most of us need to hear: isolating yourself only makes it worse.

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Some of us are still carrying a brand we’ve burned onto someone else, an old debt we won’t let go of. Pastor Mike Fabarez closes out our study in Philemon with the two best reasons to finally let it go.

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When you hold on to a grudge, who’s actually paying for it? Pastor Mike Fabarez names three people affected by your unforgiveness that you’ve probably never considered, including one you’d love to disappoint.

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Ever had someone you trusted let you down, maybe even walk off with something that was yours? Pastor Mike Fabarez opens a study in the tiny book of Philemon, where a runaway slave and a wronged master force a hard question about forgiveness.

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Did a fourth-century emperor really strike books out of the Bible? And if Enoch isn’t scripture, why does the book of Jude quote from it? Pastor Mike Fabarez fields real questions on the Book of Enoch, the truth about Constantine and the canon, and how to help a family facing financial trouble, in another edition of Ask Pastor Mike Live.

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Jesus once told a story about two servants, and two very different debts—one impossibly large, and one that was almost nothing by comparison. Pastor Mike Fabarez unpacks what that story really reveals about how quickly we forget what we’ve been forgiven.

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Some things in the Christian life can feel optional—nice to do, if we ever get around to them, but not exactly required. Pastor Mike Fabarez asks whether forgiveness belongs on that list, as Paul makes his case to a man in Colossae named Philemon.

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Peter once walked up to Jesus with a question he figured would earn him some credit—how many times was he required to forgive somebody? Pastor Mike Fabarez looks at how Jesus answered him, and what it means for how we treat each other today.

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A dad once handed his son a pocket knife and told him to keep watch by the car, while trouble stirred in the neighborhood. Pastor Mike Fabarez explains why he still tells that story when he teaches on unity in the church.

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