Faith
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March 24th, 2021
Ministering-to-Outliers
According to a recent poll published in Reason magazine, trust in American political parties is at an historic low. For the first time, more than 50 percent of the electorate now identifies as Independent, as opposed to Republican or Democrat.
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March 10th, 2021
When Spiritual Heroes Fall
It’s hard to imagine anything so unsettling as learning that a spiritual hero has been living a secret life of egregious sin. Stunned, shocked, and shaken, you might not know how to process news like this. Here are five principles to help you through it.
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February 1st, 2021
Global-Church
The evidence is anecdotal, but the lesson from the reaction of some of the world’s poorest Christians to hunger and government restrictions on large gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic is a powerful one for their American counterparts, says Janice Rosser Allen, CEO and president of the global church planting ministry ICM.
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January 14th, 2021
destroyed white rose
Does purity culture need a reevaluation? Author Rachel Joy Welcher says yes. She offers a thorough one in Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality.
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December 31st, 2020
Pastor Rick Warren
In an interview with Relevant Magazine, author and pastor Rick Warren asserted that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a “fundamental weakness” in American churches: They’re too focused on corporate worship.
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December 21st, 2020
Alex Jones - Jericho March - DC
For my sins, I guess, I watched all six hours of the Jericho March proceedings from Washington today, on the march webcast. I say for my sins, but in truth, I decided to watch it because I am interested in what the activist Christian Right is saying, and how they are thinking, in the wake of Donald Trump losing the...
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December 17th, 2020
preach pulpit
An agnostic historian just offered some interesting advice to Christians who want to be heard in a skeptical culture: “Preach the weird stuff.”
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December 16th, 2020
COVID 19 vaccine vials
Just months after the COVID-19 virus was detected and entered into our vocabulary, a successful vaccine has now been developed. As of late last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided emergency authorization for the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus. This is an unprecedented event in medical history. In terms of technology, it hearkens back to the Apollo moon...
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December 8th, 2020
Wrapped Parcels
To what extent would you say that the material aspects of Christmas factor into your celebration? in 2017, Americans spent between $906 and $983 on Christmas gifts, up from an average of somewhere between $752 and $929 the year before, depending on the survey. Source: Maintaining a Biblical View on Material Things This Christmas | The Stream
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December 7th, 2020
stars & shepherds at campfire
Started in 2019 by Drew Anderson and Tom Nelson, the GAP Program is 9-months of life-leadership training to holistically prepare and equip young adults for TRUE SUCCESS in college, career, family, and life. This program specifically targets graduating high school seniors, and serves as an alternative to heading straight to college or career from high school. Source: GAP: God’s Alternative...
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