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Leslie Leyland Fields has discovered a growth industry over the last several years: "Dozens of authors have called for readers to see the Scriptures as narrative and particularly ...
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Tim Stafford has noticed something curious about our relationship with miracles. On the one hand, we trumpet them as proof of God's existence in our otherwise clockwork ...
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Freedom is a buzzword that everyone claims—Republican, Democrat, independent, Green, claiming to offer less resonates with Americans and millions of others quite like ...
Session One
Is the Bible Historically Unreliable & Regressive?
We can trust the Bible historically, culturally, and personally.
There are many good things in the Bible, but should ...
Good Friday and Easter are the very essence of Christianity. There is no more important observance or celebration in the Christian calendar. Yet what do the Cross and the Resurrection ...
Be honest. When did you last read a book like Obadiah? Or Nahum? Or perhaps the better question is "Have you ever read Obadiah?" or "Where do I find Haggai"?
The ...
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Prophets have always challenged God's people to do what is right, even if it is an unpopular message. Today, we rarely see someone take that role. What is it costing the ...
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Christians seeking to introduce others to the Savior must walk a fine line. They must connect with their audience but not distort scriptural essentials of the gospel. This ...
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It has often been said that Sunday morning is the most racially segregated time of the entire week. Sometimes that is true, at other times not. But it is safe to say that ...
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In the second century after the coming of Christ, Marcion, a ship owner and son of a bishop, began spreading a doctrine that seemingly reconciled the vengeful wrath of God ...
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Christians have an undeserved black eye as anti-science bumpkins. It is a reputation that has stuck, despite our best efforts in the classroom, the lab, and the media.
Today, ...
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Mark Noll caused controversy with his strong words about the weak state of Christian scholarship. Here's how Christianity Today summaries it: "In 1994, Wheaton College ...
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Christianity, while inspiring some of the greatest religious and philosophical thinkers in history, isn’t primarily a philosophy. Nor is it simply a means to come into ...
It has always been a challenge to develop a good church—even in New Testament days. Titus, a young leader of an argumentative church, needed to learn to refute false teachers, ...
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There are many life-changing events that are stressful to almost everyone. A few that the majority of people experience are the death of a loved one, marriage, pregnancy, ...
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Doctrine is not a four-letter word, though you might think so judging by how the larger culture and some evangelicals respond to it. Darren C. Marks says, "The word conjures ...
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In the Christianity Today article "The Jesus We'll Never Know," author Scot McKnight points out that we all tend to remake Jesus in our own image. Depending on ...
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Young people are leaving our churches in droves. However, Drew Dyck, author of the book Generation Ex-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Faith . . . and How to Bring ...