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Bible Translation Debates: The Challenge of Changing Language

September 16, 2011

Have you ever noticed how every day language is used to manipulate and shape rather than describe reality? Here is one example. I used to swim several mornings a week, and as I walked from the locker room to...

Hipster Pharisees

Erin Echols

August 3, 2011

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Here in the suburban South, new churches sometimes seem like a dime a dozen with many church plants meeting anywhere from shopping centers and warehouse buildings to schools and homes. Often these pastors s...

Does God Really Prefer Men?

Leslie and Gary Johnson

July 19, 2011

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cialis online without prescription"131" height="203" />Two-thirds of all Bible believing Christians are women. And women have always been on the forefront of Christian missions. In fact, the ratio of women ...

Ideas Have Consequences

Mimi Haddad

June 16, 2011

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Plato said ideas rule the world. All action begins with an idea. Paul said, "Take every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor 10:5). "Ideas have consequences and some ideas can lead to brutal outcomes. For example,...

Babies: Born This Way?

Brett McCracken

June 10, 2011

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I was recently quite disturbed by this story of a couple in Toronto who have refused to divulge the gender of their recently born child, who they named Storm (how perfectly gender ambiguous!). Though Storm d...

Is Women's Leadership in the Church a Primary Issue?

Mimi Haddad

June 6, 2011

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If you are concerned about the question of gender and Christian faith you have probably heard someone say, “Yes, the woman’s question is important, but it is not a ‘primary issue.’” What is at the heart of...