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Passages

Deaths, retirements, and other changes in the church and the world.

Nominated • Jason Meyer, as successor to pastor John Piper at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Meyer, 36, is a New Testament professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary.

Selected • Matt Chandler, as president of the Acts 29 church planting network. He replaces co-founder Mark Driscoll, who also withdrew from the Gospel Coalition.

Died • Robert J. Lamont, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh and founding board member of Christianity Today, on March 26 in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 92.

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My Top 5 Books On Fatherhood

Getting to the Crux of Calvary

Works and Words: Why You Can't Preach the Gospel with Deeds

From Powerlifter to Powerless

Throwing Christ Over the Cliff

Review

Brave New Web: Navigating the Conflict Between Pluralism and Freedom

Teach Us to Pray: Learning from Prayer Partners in History

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Quebec: Canada's Prodigal Province

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Black Church Barrios: African American Churches Adapt to Latino Neighbors

Touched by Jesus: Healing Body and Soul

Miracles in Mozambique: How Mama Heidi Reaches the Abandoned

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Marketing Martyrs: Does Iranian Pastor's Theology Impact Advocacy on His Behalf?

Helping Urbana Find Its Voice

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Should Churches Halt Missions Trips to Mexico?

Wilson's Bookmarks

The Choir's Steve Hindalong: Celebrating Sobriety

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Sensation Before Scholarship: Gospel Fragment Tantalizes Experts

Private Faith and Public Policy: Where Obama and Santorum Agree

Letters to the Editor

Forced Out: Pastors' Fight and Flight

Should We Stop Child Placement Programs if We're Required to Work with Same-Sex Couples?

Review

Dollars and Moral Sense: What Money Can't Buy

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Quotation Marks

Excerpt

Subversive Kingdom

Review

Journeys of Faith

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Rhetorical Darwinism

Review

How God Became King

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Migrant Ministries: European Churches Revitalized by Asian Diaspora

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Go Figure

Review

Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us

Editorial

The ‘Monsters’ Among Us: Child Sex Abusers in Our Midst

Why We Need 'Community'

Q & A: Ross Douthat on Rooting Out Bad Religion

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