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• Carl Trueman "baldly goes" where few have gone before. His theology of balding frames a serious question: "What is it with ministers and Christian leaders who seem to feel a compulsive need to talk about youth culture all the time and to adopt the styles of self-obsessed teenagers in order to demonstrate how `relevant' their ministries are and how hidebound everybody else's are?" His charge? "As to my brothers who are follicle-challenged but who faithfully study, pray, and preach the gospel week by week, Be bald, be strong, for the Lord your God is with you."
  
  

"And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'"

Matthew 28:18-20

Collin Hansen is a CT editor-at-large.

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Previous Theology in the News columns include:

The Crisis of Modern Fundamentalism | Defections threaten a proud movement. (October 26, 2007)

Itchy Ears and Tongues of Fire | Gay-rights group employs Scripture. Also: Pentecostal success invites new challenges. (October 12, 2007)

Immersed in a Baptism Brouhaha | Changes of heart renew centuries-old divisions. (September 28, 2007)

What's Not Coming to a Bookstore Near You | How competition to publish celebrity Christians crowds out theology. (September 14, 2007)

From the Seminaries to the Pews | The 'new perspective on Paul' gets the popular treatment. (August 31, 2007)

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