https://www.ethanmerck.com/articles daily 0.75 2024-01-20 https://www.ethanmerck.com/articles/if-you-are-with-me monthly 0.5 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/1705006923620-B5PIDJEO6ZXO3YX63QIM/federica-galli-aiqKc07b5PA-unsplash+crop3.2+bw+hc.jpg Ethan Merck Articles - If You Are With Me - If You Are With Me Old Style Computer https://www.ethanmerck.com/articles/welcome-aboard monthly 0.5 2024-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/1703712620744-KULCFQ2YPX0RN7ZDNV2C/jack-lucas-smith-LFIxcvn4m0c-unsplash-crop-bw.jpg Ethan Merck Articles - Welcome Aboard - Welcome Aboard Man Boarding Train https://www.ethanmerck.com/home daily 1.0 2024-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/d68a8809-00db-4009-b7c0-8934cf14f269/Ethan+Portrait+newsprint+4.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/a0b4a5ea-5751-4a70-ba12-4a0ea8158b3a/Union+with+Christ+Primer+cover+mockup+transp+background.png https://www.ethanmerck.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/995c71f1-fe6d-40e7-9609-82a3b4b4c339/How+So+Stable+Iceberg+Card.png About Small ice chunks bob in waves near the tip of a stable, submerged iceberg. One chunk asks the small visible tip of the iceberg, "How are you so stable?" Under the surface, the iceberg is labelled, "IN CHRIST." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/c20e460f-e514-4fc5-b2b4-c4f15f1fa788/How+Sanctification+Works+Card.png About A chart titled "How Sanctification Works," with a general movement from "Mind Set on the Flesh" to "Mind Set on the Spirit." This grows over time through realizing you cannot live on your own, you cannot fix yourself, and you are already a new creation in Christ. This teaches you to live by faith in Christ instead of yourself in your everyday living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/86077b0c-cd37-4b02-9ace-eab4f7946423/Hammer+in+My+Hand+Card3.png About A person sits slumped on their knees in front of the cross, with a hammer in one hand and a nail in the other. Jesus looks down from the cross with nailed arms wide open. 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I can only reach God through his Spirit, not my efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/cf644a76-86ff-4573-839a-8ab3be036ab8/Only+Whats+Built+From+Christ+Will+Last+Card2.png About A wave looms over several small buildings built of small stones on a beach. One is built on the sand. It has flags that say "Self Reliance" and "Human Wisdom." A voice comes from it, "Look what I built for you, Jesus!" The wave is about to destroy it. Behind it is another larger building. It is built on a very large rock labelled "Jesus Christ" and is safe from the wave coming. 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I also want to answer the question, "Why does Inside the Gospel exist?" Hi, my name is Ethan. I am a proud product of 1980s Michigan. I love the outdoors, hiking, camping, & whittling. Now I live with my family in the Middle East... (click image to keep reading) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65718ff2d925f362de8f7294/a0ff19b6-680f-4525-b28d-80f4c55e3ca3/I+Love+Him+Bc+He+Heard+Card2.png Social He Heard Me Pleading There were so many times I wondered if he was even listening... Sometimes I just wanted to crawl into a hole and die, from the agony, shame and confusion. Crying out to him seemed to do nothing. It seemed like there was nothing he even could do. I was utterly enslaved -- locked in addiction, full of intellectual & religious pride, and consumed with doubts. I was wrecked by all I was feeling, but couldn't understand or acknowledge it. Numb-brained, in turmoil, an emotional wreck. I had tried everything... 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