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Living by Faith Living by Faith with Trillia Newbell
May 16, 2026
Building Family Devotions
If you are like most parents, you may struggle to find the time to read the Bible for yourself, let alone time to instruct and train your children. Families with full schedules often have a hard time building in a consistent family devotional time with God. Trillia Newbell talks with Michael Kruger and Melissa Kruger about their book, The Good News Family Devotional: 52 Weeks THrough the Gospel of Mark and ways you can build in that time for yourself and your family... that can help bring Christ's teachings into your daily life together on Living by Faith.
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Michael Kruger
Michael Kruger is the Samuel C. Patterson professor of New Testament and early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary, and the author of a number of books and articles on early Christianity. He is the author of numerous books, including his latest The Good News Family Devotional: 52 Weeks Through the Gospel of Mark.
Melissa Kruger
Melissa Kruger serves as vice president of Discipleship Programming at The Gospel Coalition. She’s the author of multiple books and speaks at conferences around the country. Her latest book is The Good News Family Devotional: 52 Weeks Through the Gospel of Mark.
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Trillia Newbell
Trillia Newbell is the author of several books including, A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God is For Us, Fear and Faith, and the children's books, Creative God, Colorful Us and God's Very Good Idea. She is the host of the podcast 52 Weeks in the Word and hosts the weekly radio program Living by Faith from Moody Radio.
When she isn’t writing, she’s encouraging and supporting other writers as the Acquisitions Director at Moody Publishers. Trillia is married to her best friend, Thern, they reside with their two children near Nashville, TN where they enjoy hiking and eating lots of bbq.
Living by Faith with Trillia Newbell
Moody Publishers author Trillia Newbell encourages you to take God at His Word and live out your faith in your everyday life on Living Faith with Trillia Newbell. Join Trillia as she opens the Bible, engages with special guests, and inspires you with hopeful stories and truth for lasting change.
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