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Is the Lord's Prayer a Christian Prayer?

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Nontraditional Believers Recover Christian Community

Melody J. Wachsmuth in Zagreb, Croatia

Defending Scripture. Literally.

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Violence in Nigeria: Breaking the Country's Fatal Deadlock

Sunday Agang in Kagoro, Nigeria

Discipling the Eyes Through Art in Worship

W. David O. Taylor

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Polarizing Politics by Defending the Declaration

Andrew Walker

Chuck Colson: Evangelicals Should Be Uniters, Not Dividers

'God Is Not a Genie in a Bottle': Ways We Misuse the Bible

Interview by Owen Strachan

My Top 5 Books on Christianity in North Korea

Carl Moeller

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Tolerance—Or Else: Coercive Attempts to Impose Secular Beliefs

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Mass Appeal: Evangelicals Copy More of Catholic Playbook to Oppose Contraception Ruling

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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Blue Like Jazz

Josh Hurst

Do Pets Go to Heaven?

Wesley Smith, Karen Swallow Prior, and Ben DeVries

Becoming Donald Miller

Mark Moring

What Good Grief Looks Like When a Daughter Dies

Ben Witherington

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Connecting Christ

Paul Metzger

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Sex Sect The Family Cleans House

James A. Beverley

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Go Figure

Jesus Disappoints Everyone

John Koessler

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Quotation Marks

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The Problem 'Son': Debate Continues Over Translating 'Son of God' for Muslims

Collin Hansen

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Jesus Through Jewish Eyes

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Bobby Ross Jr.

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October Baby

Morgan Feddes

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Mark Moring

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Wrecking Ball

Andy Whitman

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The Clearing

Kristin Garrett

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Feathers & Twine

Andy Argyrakis

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Songs of Praise & Scorn

Jeremy V. Jones

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