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Writing from Chuck Beyer on faith, generosity, and the stories that shape us. New posts published on Medium.
The Wilderness, and the Choice
The Whole Story: 66 Books, One Story: Part 7: Numbers & Deuteronomy By Charles Beyer Eleven days. That’s how long the journey should have taken. Eleven days from the mountain of God to the doorstep of the Promised Land. Eleven days from…
The Book Everybody Skips
Leviticus, early Numbers, and the question underneath your whole Bible From Episode 6 of “The Whole Story: 66 Books, One Story” with Charles Beyer There’s a book in the middle of your Bible that most people never read. They sail through Gen…
Every Finn Needs a Sadie
Why the girl with the red braid might be the most important person on that dock If you’ve read Finn the Fisherman’s Chronicles of Moses , you know the big moments. The otter. The cave beneath Lake Garner. A golden book that opens onto ancie…
The Patriarchs and the Promise
One man. One covenant. One thread running straight to the cross. 66/One: The Whole Story, Episode 4 | Genesis 12–50 One man. One voice. One God who reaches down out of eternity, points at an old man with no children, no land, and no future,…
The Spread of Sin and the Reset
What Genesis 4–11 teaches us about how sin moves, and how God never stops preserving the promise From the 66/One series: 66 Books, One Story | Episode 3 If you’ve been walking through this series with me, you know where we’ve been. We start…
In the Beginning
66 / One: 66 Books, One Story: Part 2 of 26 By Charles Beyer | I AM Podcast In the first post of this series, we laid the foundation. We talked about what the Bible actually is, 66 books, roughly 40 authors, written across 1,500 years, and …
Risk as the Currency of Kingdom Growth
July 15, 2025|I AM, Life’s Interruption “I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses” Throughout Scripture and church history, we see that God’s kingdom advances through the faithful risks taken by ordinary people who trust an…
The Power of Pursuing Great People: Your Relationships Shape You!
July 14, 2025|I AM, Life’s Interruption “He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:20 You’ve probably heard the modern saying: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time …
Cannabis and Christian Faith:
October 16, 2025|I AM A reflection on seeking God’s heart in complex cultural issues As cannabis legalization sweeps across America, Christians find themselves grappling with questions that don’t have simple answers. With more states legali…
The Seductive Danger of Short-Term Thinking:
October 28, 2025|I AM Lessons from Proverb 5 There’s a moment in every temptation when everything looks perfect. The opportunity glimmers with promise. The risk seems manageable. The voice in our head whispers, “Just this once.” Proverbs 5 …