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Trust in Christ: An Invitation to New Life

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  • Welcome to Breakwater Blessings

    June 14, 2025
    Christian Living
    Welcome to Breakwater Blessings

    Welcome to Breakwater Blessings, a space born from life’s storms and anchored in Christ. Here, we share real stories of faith and hope — where chaos yields to the calm of the Savior.

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    Addy

  • The Architecture of Restoration – A Study in Covenant and God’s Eternal Rescue

    February 13, 2026
    Bible & Theology
    The Architecture of Restoration – A Study in Covenant and God’s Eternal Rescue

    Are the Hebrew Scriptures complete in themselves, or do they point forward to something more? This study explores the internal tension of the Old Covenant, the promise of transformation in Jeremiah, and the claim that the New Covenant in Christ resolves what the prophets left open.

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    Jay Downes

  • Dating As a Single Parent – Part 5: Teenagers, Truth, and Trust

    February 2, 2026
    Christian Living, Relationships
    Dating As a Single Parent – Part 5: Teenagers, Truth, and Trust

    Teenagers notice everything, especially when parents start dating again. Here’s how to date thoughtfully without asking your teen to carry emotional weight they were never meant to hold.

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  • Access to Scripture, Anchored in Truth – How to Choose a Bible Translation Faithfully

    January 30, 2026
    Bible & Theology, Christian Living
    Access to Scripture, Anchored in Truth – 
How to Choose a Bible Translation Faithfully

    How to Choose a Bible Translation Without Compromising Doctrine Few questions generate more conversation among Christians than Bible translations. Which one is best? Which one is most accurate? Which one should everyone be using? Before answering any of that, it helps to step back and ask a better question. What is a translation actually trying…

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    Jay Downes

  • Dating As a Single Parent – Part 4: Dating with School-Age Children

    January 29, 2026
    Christian Living, Relationships
    Dating As a Single Parent – Part 4: Dating with School-Age Children

    Dating after divorce changes when your children are old enough to notice tone, patterns, and silence. This piece explores how honest, age-appropriate conversations build trust, protect their hearts, and quietly shape how they will one day love others.

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  • Admiring Jesus Costs Nothing – Taking Him Seriously Costs Everything

    January 28, 2026
    Church History & Myths, Spiritual Growth
    Admiring Jesus Costs Nothing – Taking Him Seriously Costs Everything

    Jesus is easy to admire from a distance. Bonhoeffer reminds us why the moment we take Him seriously, curiosity gives way to confrontation, and everything is suddenly at stake.

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    Jay Downes

  • Dating As a Single Parent – Part 3: Dating with Young Children

    January 17, 2026
    Christian Living, Relationships
    Dating As a Single Parent – Part 3: Dating with Young Children

    Dating as a single parent changes when your child is still learning how to trust the world. This piece explores why slowing down, protecting attachment, and honoring sacred responsibility in the earliest years may be one of the most faithful choices you can make.

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    Addy

  • Why do good things still leave us unsatisfied?

    January 13, 2026
    Christian Living, Spiritual Growth
    Why do good things still leave us unsatisfied?

    Satisfaction is shaped less by what we love and more by the order of our loves. Order matters more than intensity.

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    Jay Downes

  • Civilized Behavior and the Illusion of Ethics

    January 10, 2026
    Bible & Theology, Christian Living, Spiritual Growth
    Civilized Behavior and the Illusion of Ethics

    We assume we are more ethical than those who came before us because we are more restrained, more tolerant, and more socially polished. But what if what we call moral progress is really just civilized behavior—and the heart has never changed at all?

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    Jay Downes

  • Dating As a Single Parent – Part 2: Do I Have Margin?

    January 2, 2026
    Christian Living, Relationships
    Dating As a Single Parent – Part 2: Do I Have Margin?

    Dating as a single parent isn’t first a question of desire, it’s a question of margin. This piece asks the harder, wiser question most of us skip, and explains why counting the cost may protect your heart, your child, and your walk with God more than immediately jumping in ever could.

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  • Dating As a Single Parent – Part 1: Only God Can Fix Our Brokenness

    December 23, 2025
    Christian Living, Relationships
    Dating As a Single Parent – Part 1: Only God Can Fix Our Brokenness

    Dating cannot become the thing we prioritize in order to recreate a family, soothe loneliness, or prove that we are still desirable, chosen, or worthy. Dating must flow from fullness and not from depletion.

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