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Why I Love Small Churches
Small churches are not miniature versions of larger congregations.
Max Lucado’s Maxims
Best-selling author Max Lucado shares his struggles with prayer, goals for golf, and vision for being just like Jesus.
Baroness Caroline Cox: The Price of a Slave
“I was taken by a slave master [who] beat me and shamed me, telling me that I was like a dog.”
Was the Revolutionary War Justified?
Americans fought a war to gain the kind of freedom that Canada, New Zealand, and Australia were simply given.
Muddy Murals
How Hondurans are painting their future.
Tales of a Reluctant Convert and more
Anne Lamott despised Christians but couldn’t resist becoming one.
Bridging Kosovo’s Deep Divisions
A tiny evangelical minority has a vision for how to overcome the explosive mix of religion and nationalism.
On the Back Flap—Lewis Smedes
Lewis Smedes
Group Helps Communities Curb Smut
Tough ordinances shut down porn outlets.
Hypertext-Spirituality Sightings
Spirituality Sightings
Editorial
A Silent Holocaust in Iraq
U.S.-supported sanctions may kill more Iraqi children than Saddam.
The Gypsy Reformation
How a reviled minority has become the catalyst for bringing the gospel of grace to Spain.
Trying Patience on for Size
If Christians are to be clothed with patience, why do so many of us feel naked?
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Why I Can Feel Your Pain
The “politically correct” movement often positions itself as an enemy of Christianity. Ironically, the gospel contributed the underpinnings that make the movement possible.