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From Middle-earth to Asheville: How Tolkien Can Help Us Navigate Chaos

As a Bible teacher in western North Carolina, I often encourage my students to spend time outdoors, talking to God. Nature is evidence of God’s handiwork and an aid to prayer and praise. But how do...

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Cross Purposes by Jonathan Rauch review – crises for Christianity and democracy

The Atlantic contributor frets about religion, politics and America – and the questions he poses are existential“What happens to our liberal democracy if American Christianity is no longer able, or...

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Union with Christ: A Key Doctrine for Global Partnerships

Union with Christ forms the webbing that holds together everything else Paul says. It forms the canvas on which Paul paints a picture of the Christian life. Behind all his magisterial teaching—incl...

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Editor’s Pick: 7 Books on Pastoral Ministry

Imposter syndrome is real. Many highly qualified people in fields like medicine, sports, and teaching experience a sense of anxiety that despite their degrees and experience, they simply aren’t com...

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Even Prince William doesn’t attend church – it’s time for a new Reformation | Simon Jenkins

The UK is now a secular nation and the Church of England should no longer be one of the central pillars of stateThe national church “of England” has been meeting this week in London and is in turmo...

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Italian ‘mystic’ may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue

Allegations of fraud against Gisella Cardia, who drew pilgrims by claiming statue wept tears of bloodEurope live – latest updatesA self-styled mystic who drew hundreds of pilgrims to a town near Ro...

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What to Do After You Swipe Right: Wisdom for Online Dating

I met and married my wife, Crystal, in the most old-fashioned way possible. We went to the same high school. Our church youth groups went to the same Christian summer camp. We went on our first dat...

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Herman Bavinck Harmonizes Faith and Reason

When Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) delivered a lecture series seeking to identify the main problems that plague modern thought, he argued that attempts to separate faith from knowledge explain some of...

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Anger Management in Islam Through The Quran and Sunnah

Anger is a natural emotion that every individual experiences at some point. However, if uncontrolled, anger can lead to harmful actions that disrupt relationships, work, and personal well-being. In...

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Were the Puritans Hypocrites? Christianity and the Atrocities of Early America

For many generations, historians tended to emphasize the Puritans’ piety, faithfulness, and zeal for liberty—and how these virtues shaped the American experiment—while ignoring atrocities they comm...

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Marketing Jesus: The Promise and Peril of ‘He Gets Us’

“Just do it.” “Obey your thirst.” “Never stop exploring.” History loves a three-word marketing slogan. The best ones burrow deep into our cultural psyche and create sentimental bonds between us an...

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I was a evangelical Christian for 35 years – until my transgressive big sister gave me the courage to break free | Josie McSkimming

My sister Dorothy Porter was a bohemian, gay poet; I was a respectable church handmaiden. But she cracked the door open for me to start seeing the world differentlyGet our weekend culture and lifes...

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Dopamine Media Is a Digital Las Vegas

Neil Postman suggested every era in American history is represented by a city. Boston was the apotheosis of revolutionary fervor. Chicago was the incarnation of industrial dynamism. New York was th...

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‘Major crisis’: Pope Francis rebukes Trump mass deportation efforts

Pope criticizes other anti-immigration policies and urges people not to accept administration’s harmful narrativesUS politics live – latest updatesPope Francis has sharply criticized the second Don...

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A flesh and blood matter for the Church of England | Brief letters

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How to Read the Bible like Jesus

As Christ’s followers, we’re called to imitate him in the way we live (Mark 8:34; 1 Cor 11:1). We tend to think of this command in terms of how we act, speak, and think. But what about how we read ...

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Ross Douthat: Why Everyone Should Be Religious

Ross Douthat isn’t what some would expect from a New York Times columnist. He’s religious and also a political conservative. And I bet he’s the first and thus far only Times columnist to write a bo...

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Ross Douthat Breaks Down Barriers to Faith

How do you convince someone of the truth, goodness, and beauty of the Christian faith when you cannot draw on basic religiosity that has been shared by most civilizations throughout human history? ...

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Break Shame’s Chains Through Christ

An older friend once told me the story of a girl he dated for three years. (I’ll call my friend “John” and his girlfriend “Sue” for this story.) John and Sue were close and on track to get married...

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Student Athlete, Receive the Affirmation of a Better Father

Recently, I facilitated a discussion about motivation for a group of college football players. Football requires extreme sacrifice. To compete, a young man must dedicate his time to training and sa...

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Church of England scandals stoke fears of mutiny as synod talks loom

Demoralised clergy speak of church in freefall and crisis of trust in run-up to governing body meetingMutiny may be in the air when the Church of England’s normally staid ruling body, the General S...

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