What if We Just Forgot about Race?
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“In his beautifully written new book, Thomas Chatterton Williams disputes the notion that his blackness should be central to his identity.” - National Review
“Some Christians today, in an effort to show they are not merely preaching ‘hellfire and brimstone,’ can unintentionally slide into a pseudo-universalism”
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“In this video, I discuss the seriousness of sin, the need for justice, and what orthodox Christians believe about the doctrine of hell.” - Russell Moore
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Christianity’s Influence on World History Is Real but Easily Overstated
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“Tom Holland’s Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World is a substantial work that makes a straightforward case. In Holland’s view, the teachings of Jesus constituted an ethical revolution that would gradually transform human consciousness, to the extent that we today find it hard to imagine credible alternative systems.” - Christianity Today
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A Biblical Theology of Human Culture & Technology, Part 2
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What biblical reality do we need to add to creation and the fall in order to cultivate a more balanced view of human culture? What part of the biblical picture do the “counter-cultural” only Christians often miss?
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Book Reviews: The Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic
This article is essentially two short book reviews; one about the redemptive movement approach to hermeneutics advocated by William Webb, and the other a review of one critical response to Webb’s proposal.
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David French on American Pentecostalism, spiritual warfare, Paula White, and “Satanic Pregnancies”
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“Think of spiritual warfare existing on a spectrum, with folks at the more moderate end praying, for example, that the “demonic spirit of addiction” release their son or daughter and people at a more radical edge developing an entire battle plan against malign spirits who torment specific parts of the world from the demonic realm.
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Loving God Is Not Romantic
There is a big difference between loving God and “falling in love” or “being in love” with God. It is not only junior high girls who struggle with this issue, however. Confusing romantic love with “chesed”—God’s rich, loyal, covenant-keeping love—is an ancient tradition.
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Gallup poll: Americans went to libraries more than movie theaters last year
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“Americans went to the library 10.5 times on average in 2019. The next most popular pastime was seeing a movie in a theater, at an average of 5.3 times in a year.
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