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The Ascent of Trump and the Impact on Evangelical Ethics

Yesterday, I saw something in my Twitter feed that made me cringe: a story in The New York Times titled “Trump Says Jump. His Supporters Ask, How High?” What I …

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Should Christians Use Satire?

Yesterday, I was moseying around Twitter rather innocently: well, at least as innocently as possible for a person such as myself. As I was scrolling through the long line of …

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A Puritan Response to William P. Young’s New Book

Many of you may be familiar with the new movie titled The Shack, which is based upon William Paul Young’s novel of the same name. Depending on what circles you …

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“No Little Women”: An Awesome Book about Women in the Church, Written by an Awesome Person

Never before have I hawked another person’s book on this site, but I am about to make an exception. I commend to you the latest release by Aimee Byrd entitled …

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The Perils of Pastoral Power

One of the best decisions I made during my undergraduate study was to do a double major in Political Science and Biblical Literature. I had plotted my course in politics …

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My Reaction to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

  Dear Friends: The following contains some genuine political opinions, and while it is not meant to be an attack on anyone or anything, if you have simply had enough …

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I Love Mark Driscoll

“There is nothing new under the sun.” These famous words from the book of Ecclesiastes (1:9b) are so universally relevant that they tend to pop into my head whenever I …

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Are Women Better off Catholic?

Is Catholicism better then Evangelicalism when it comes to females? The very title of this piece may be confusing for some.  Is the Roman Catholic Church better for women than …

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The Hard Life of an American Christian

When we recently began a study of the book of Esther at my church, our pastor attempted to make a connection between his audience and the characters in the story …