How Persecution Can Help Your Church Grow
Most people try to avoid persecution, but persecution actually grows the church. Here’s how. Evangelize or Fossilize Most of us try to avoid being persecuted, but persecution is actually good and it… [[ This...
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The Unsung Inspiration for the Protestant Reformation: the Ethiopian Church
For the Reformers, renewing the church was a Pentecost moment tied to the global body of Christ. There are some parts of the world that you never expect to see. A few years after...
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Was Liberty’s Board Set up to Support Falwell or Liberty?
The challenge of holding Christian ministry leaders accountable. Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as president of Liberty University on Monday. The news came after Reuters reported that a friend and business partner of the couple...
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Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ Offers Wisdom for Christians
Introducing singles can help build the local church. Netflix’s popular reality show Indian Matchmaking follows the work of Sima Taparia, Mumbai’s top matchmaker, as she finds eligible prospects for wealthy and selective clients. But...
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Only the Right Questions Have Answers
Without restitution for harm done, there will never be liberty and justice for all. Black power advocate Kwame Ture (formerly known as Stokely Carmichael) once said, “There are answers to the right questions.” In...
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2020 Brought Trials for This Patient and Doctor. But Faith and Love Still Grew.
New research defines spiritual fortitude: a quality that can help us face this year’s trauma. When Julia Wattacheril, a transplant hepatologist, was redeployed to the ICU triage at her hospital in New York City...
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Better Together: A Model of Local Government and the Local Church Converging to Care for the Homeless
When faith communities and civic leadership work together for good, the community benefits. We’ve grown used to stories of churches pitted against civic leaders in local communities and of religious liberty battles in the...
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Has God Removed His Blessing From America?
H as God removed His blessing on America? Do the recent economic woes, pandemics, and natural disasters prove that God’s removed His blessings and hedge of protection from America? Blessings for… [[ This is...
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The Old Testament’s Word to Police: You Answer to God’s Higher Court
How biblical law can illuminate today’s debates on law enforcement. Years ago, my family lived in a small house outside of Glasgow, Scotland. I was completing postgraduate work, so most of my time was...
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Paul’s Word to Police: Protect the Weak
As black Christians have long understood, the New Testament has a strong theology of law enforcement. I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Huntsville, Alabama. By the time I was 16, I was...
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