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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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Books
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The Pastor as Apologist: Restoring Apologetics to the Local Church
Michael McEwen; Dayton Hartman
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The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond
Tim Barnett; Alisa Childers
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Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
Sandra L. Glahn
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Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church Recover Our Calling
Anna Broadway
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Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible
John H. Walton; D. Brent Sandy
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Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power
David E. Fitch
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After United Methodist Split, Some Conservatives Remain
Study: 24 percent of clergy in North Carolina are still opposed to same-sex marriage.
Yonat Shimron - RNS
In Secular UK, Evangelical Alliance Experiences Record Growth
Leader explains why the movement is seeing its biggest membership bump in 30 years and its mission for the years ahead.
Interview by James Thompson
Why Your Favorite Theologians Are All Talking about Theological Anthropology
Attention to bodies and cultural conflict has brought attention to the question of what it means to be human.
Stefani McDade in Texas
Global
Haitians Are Ministering at the End of the World
As Haiti is uprooted by violence, church leaders treat gunshot wounds, give up homes for strangers, and rescue dignitaries.
Andy Olsen
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Forgotten War: Sudan’s Displaced Christians Brace for ‘World’s Worst’ Hunger Crisis
Interview with leader of new evangelical alliance describes his escape from Khartoum and the pressure to pick a side.
Jayson Casper
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Are the Global Methodists Evangelical?
Here’s why the new denomination may or may not fit the label.
Daniel Silliman
What We Can Offer If We Uncircle the Wagons
Two new memoirs,
Troubled
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Between Two Trailers
, make a powerful—if unintentional—case for the Christian ethos of family and community.
Carrie McKean
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Doing Time With Mom and Dad
How churches can help kids begin to heal.
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More Pastors Are Leaving Ministry Over Church Conflict
But experts say it can offer opportunities for leaders and congregations to grow.
David Roach
Sports Can Be a Touchdown for Faith. Beware of Encroachment.
As a lifelong athlete and coach, I know sports build character. But I worry about the idolatrous, selfish culture of American athletics.
Justin Giboney
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