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The Kingdom Doesn’t Need You to Hold It Up
Put the weight down.
19 hrs ago • Matthew Allen
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The Biblical Call to Manhood
Mar 11, 2025 • Matthew Allen
Why Younger Christians Consider Leaving
Nov 19, 2025 • Matthew Allen
Far Better
Apr 7 • Matthew Allen
Learning to Trust God With What You Can't Fix
Jan 27 • Matthew Allen

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You Can’t Weep With Someone You’ve Already Filed a Verdict On
Last Sunday morning, I was a guest speaker at New Carlisle Church of Christ, just north of Dayton.
Apr 30 • Matthew Allen
Correct and Unbearable, or Pleasant and Useless
One of these failure modes has your name on it.
Apr 29 • Matthew Allen
The War You May Be Losing
The enemy is closer than you think.
Apr 28 • Matthew Allen
The Most Famous Verse You've Been Reading Wrong
A promise strong enough for the life you're actually living
Apr 24 • Matthew Allen
The Night God Said Both Things at Once
The generation was pardoned. And they never saw the land.
Apr 23 • Matthew Allen
The Power of Thankfulness: Gratitude for Answered Prayer
What Happens When You Expect God to Answer
Apr 22 • Matthew Allen
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From Fear to Faith
This is the personal blog and online information portal for Matthew Allen, pulpit minister for Cornerstone Church of Christ in Centerville, Ohio. I want to encourage you and help you embrace your freedom in Christ.

Church Life

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The Disease We Don't Talk About
Building the One Another Church
Apr 8 • Matthew Allen
Nobody Saw Her Coming
The wise woman of Abel -- 2 Samuel 20
Apr 6 • Matthew Allen
When Comparison Kills the Body
What Numbers 12 and Ephesians 4 teach us about pride, roles, and the health of the local church
Apr 1 • Matthew Allen
What Should I Do When I Hear Accusations About a Congregation or Preacher?
Christians are called to be people of truth, not rumor.
Jan 12 • Matthew Allen

Discipleship and Spiritual Growth

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The Power of Thankfulness: Gratitude for Answered Prayer
What Happens When You Expect God to Answer
Apr 22 • Matthew Allen
The Power of Thankfulness: Gratitude for Opportunities to Serve
The Opportunity You Keep Calling an Obligation
Apr 21 • Matthew Allen
The Power of Thankfulness: Gratitude for Fellowship
Why You Were Never Meant to do This Alone
Apr 20 • Matthew Allen
The Power of Thankfulness: Gratitude for Spiritual Growth and Progress
Look Back. You're Not Who You Used to Be.
Apr 17 • Matthew Allen

Doctrine

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The Night God Said Both Things at Once
The generation was pardoned. And they never saw the land.
Apr 23 • Matthew Allen
They Were Trying to Curse You
And You Didn't Even Know It
Apr 15 • Matthew Allen
Lifted Up
A Pharisee, a Wilderness Story, and the Cross
Apr 10 • Matthew Allen
When Credentials Don't Save
Paul Had the Résumé. It Still Wasn't Enough.
Feb 18 • Matthew Allen

Encouragement & Hope

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The Most Famous Verse You've Been Reading Wrong
A promise strong enough for the life you're actually living
Apr 24 • Matthew Allen
Far Better
What's waiting on the other side...
Apr 7 • Matthew Allen
He Holds the Keys
Whatever has you flat on the ground — it doesn't hold the keys. He does.
Apr 3 • Matthew Allen
When Your Confidence Isn't in You
For the last six months, I’ve been teaching a Tuesday morning class in 2 Samuel.
Mar 31 • Matthew Allen

Evangelism & Outreach

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Sharing Your Soul
The gospel advances not through comfort, but through conviction...
Nov 7, 2025 • Matthew Allen
Marks of a Growing Church
Lessons from the church in Antioch
Sep 23, 2025 • Matthew Allen
The Mission Field at Your Doorstep
What We Can Learn from Jesus Visiting Peter's House
Mar 26, 2025 • Matthew Allen
The Power of Leaven
Coping with the Reality of Growth and Loss within the Churches of Christ
Mar 25, 2025 • Matthew Allen

Family and Relationships

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Correct and Unbearable, or Pleasant and Useless
One of these failure modes has your name on it.
Apr 29 • Matthew Allen
Fighting Back Against Verbal Abuse
Something many people quietly live with but rarely bring up on their own...
Feb 4 • Matthew Allen
Yelding is Not Excusing Sin
Scripture never asks God’s people to protect abusive relationships
Feb 3 • Matthew Allen
The Quiet Poison of Envy
Opening the door to bitterness, division, and resentment
Dec 1, 2025 • Matthew Allen
The Quiet Sin That Tears Us Apart
Sin does not travel alone, and gossip often walks beside strife and jealousy.
Nov 17, 2025 • Matthew Allen
Choosing Peace Over Bitterness
Learning to follow Christ's way of peace
Sep 29, 2025 • Matthew Allen
A Tribute to Our Faithful Mothers
Happy Mothers Day to All!
May 10, 2025 • Matthew Allen
The Biblical Call to Manhood
Strength, Integrity, and Leadership
Mar 11, 2025 • Matthew Allen

Modern Christian Life

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The Kingdom Doesn’t Need You to Hold It Up
Put the weight down.
19 hrs ago • Matthew Allen
You Can’t Weep With Someone You’ve Already Filed a Verdict On
Last Sunday morning, I was a guest speaker at New Carlisle Church of Christ, just north of Dayton.
Apr 30 • Matthew Allen
The War You May Be Losing
The enemy is closer than you think.
Apr 28 • Matthew Allen
When We Can't Stop Grabbing
We must refuse to move God out of the center and replace Him with ourselves.
Mar 16 • Matthew Allen

Publishing Updates

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New Booklet Going to Print
Perfect for those who would like to know more about the churches of Christ
Jun 27, 2025 • Matthew Allen
Transform Your Faith with What God Requires: Learning to Do Life His Way (Part 1)
Finding a clear path to spiritual growth...
Mar 28, 2025 • Matthew Allen
How to Walk in Unity
Living out our identity in Christ
Feb 19, 2025 • Matthew Allen
New Workbook Out
Marks of a True Christian: A Study of Romans 12
Jun 8, 2024 • Matthew Allen

Sermons

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33:45
Knowing Him, Growing in Him
Colossians 2:6-7
Apr 20 • Matthew Allen
38:39
More Than Members
The body is being built. You are either a building block or a missing piece. The only question left is which one you’ll be.
Apr 14 • Matthew Allen
Not Perfect, Just Forgiven
Assurance / Isaiah 43; Romans 8
Apr 6 • Matthew Allen
36:29
One Faith, One People
What is the one thing you can’t take away from Christianity and still have Christianity? Strip away the labels, the factions, the loyalty tests — what’s…
Apr 6 • Matthew Allen
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