Reformed Rap and Hip-Hop

Christian genre pioneers are taking their cues from Calvinist leaders.

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Previous Christianity Today articles covering reformed rap include:

The Rapper in Rehab | Rising star Lecrae says he was addicted to self; now Jesus is his "drug of choice." (March 15, 2011)

Eminem's 'Recovery' vs. LeCrae's 'Rehab' | Potty-mouthed hip-hopper vs. righteous rapper at Grammys. Sorta. And other Christian norms. December 2, 2010)

Rehab | A review by CT entertainment editor Mark Moring. (October 2010)

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Christianity Today May, 2011

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Go Figure

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Christian Microfinance Stays on a Mission

Rob Moll

What's Wrong with Credit Card Debt?

Ron Blue, John G. Stackhouse Jr., and Mary Hunt

The Seven Levels of Lying

Sarah Sumner

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Urban Planters: Building off Believers?

Bob Smietana

Remember the Red Sea

David Neff

Review

Reforming the Reformed

Roger E. Olson

My Top 5 Books on Forgiveness

Catherine Claire Larson

Books to Note

Christianizing the Social Network

Interview by Matthew Lee Anderson

People of the Nook

Leslie Leyland Fields

Review

America as a Christian Nation? Cherry-Picking from the Past

Matt Reynolds

Fraternizing with the Enemy

Cornelia Seigneur

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

Joining the Eternal Song

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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Choice Targets

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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Magic Words: Ghanaian Churches Confront Fake Pastors

Shirley Quaicoo in Cape Coast, Ghana

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Should Faith Healing be Legally Protected?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

Migrating Ministry

Alicia Cohn

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Hunger Strikes

Rob Moll

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Tempted and Tried

Russell D. Moore

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Happy Surprises

Mark Galli, Senior Managing Editor

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Passages: 'Fraudbuster' Pleads Guilty, Lynne Hybels* Appointed, & More

From Russia, with Love

Timothy C. Morgan

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Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen

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Italians Reclaim Crucifixes, Germans Defy Sex Ed, Baylor Diversifies Board

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The Myth of Tech Utopianism

Ashley Hales

What a book on feminism helped me realize about our digital age.

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Don’t Erase Augustine’s Africanness

Philip Jenkins

A new book recovers the significance of the church father’s geographic and cultural roots.

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The Hymns Still Rise in Rwanda, but They Do So Quietly Now

AJ Johnson

Why one-size-fits-all regulations are sending churches underground.

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What I Learned Living Among Leprosy

Ann Harikeerthan

My 16 years at a rural hospital in India showed me what healing and restoration in Christian community look like.

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Jonathan Haidt’s Newest Thoughts on Technology, Anxiety, and the War for Our Attention

As the digital world shifts at breakneck speed, Haidt offers new analysis on what he’s witnessing on the front lines.

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An Alleged Drug Boat Strike, the Annunciation Catholic School Shooting, and the Rise of Violence in America

Mike Cosper

The Bulletin discusses the attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat and the recent school shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in the context of politics of violence.