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Theology
What Christians Miss When They Dismiss Imagination
Understanding God and our world needs more than bare reason and experience.
Douglas Estes
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Reason and Logic Belong to God. So Do Imagination and Myth.
A new book explores what C. S. Lewis believed about the multileveled nature of reality.
Louis Markos
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AJ Sherrill: The Importance of Imagination
The church should empower curiosity and foster imagination...but does it?
Father's Day
The Last Gift My Father Gave Me
A surprising encounter with my dad, Jesus, and Jerry Seinfeld opened a door to long-awaited healing.
Michael Cosper
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It’s Never Too Late to Forgive a Flawed Father—or to Ask How He Got His Scars
What an attention-starved son learned while reconstructing the life of his distant dad.
Chad C. Ashby
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Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims
Adriana Carranca
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The English Soul: Faith of a Nation
Peter Ackroyd
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Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Relationships? Examining 10 Claims about Scripture and Sexuality (Biblical response to lgbtq+, homosexuality)
Rebecca McLaughlin
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Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress
Jessica Hooten Wilson
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Recruiting the Ancients for the Creation Debate
Andrew J. Brown
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Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture
Aaron M. Renn
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Faithful Fathers
Reports of the death of fatherhood have been greatly exaggerated. There are many good dads, like mine, quietly blessing their children.
Brad East
Paternity Leave Made Me a Better Christian Dad
Time off at the very beginning helps fathers prepare to bring up their children in the “discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Andrew Egger
You Abused and Oppressed Me, Dad. I Forgive You.
How a community’s example of radical forgiveness helped me relinquish my own rage.
Carrie Sheffield
Public Theology
Church ‘Homelessness’ Must Not Be Grieved Too Quickly
It’s okay to mourn what’s lost without losing hope for what’s to come.
Russell Moore
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PCA Will Investigate ‘Jesus Calling’ Book
The author of the bestseller died last year. The investigation will determine if the book is appropriate for Christians.
Emily Belz
3 Ways I’ve Learned to Support China’s Christians Better as an American Pastor
Don’t let political rivalry define our perspectives of each other.
Corey Jackson
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Southern Baptists’ Nuanced Divides on Display at Annual Meeting
From a wider slate of six candidates, president Clint Pressley takes the “strange honor” of leading the convention’s growing factions toward missional unity.
Kate Shellnutt in Indianapolis
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Why Does Southern Baptist Abuse Reform Keep Hitting Hurdles?
Leaders and advocates are grateful for the convention’s support but frustrated at the inability to enact their plans.
Kate Shellnutt in Indianapolis
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Charisma and Its Companions
Church movements need magnetic leaders. But the best leaders need more than charm.
Emanuel Prinz and Gene Daniels
Love in an Attention Crisis
Readers of the Latin Bible could see how close love and diligence are.
Benjamin Vincent
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