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By Bill Wilson
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
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Are you tired of the doomsday rhetoric about the church in America? Have you noticed that the bandwagon of those predicting the imminent demise of congregational life is filled to capacity? Are you ready to tune out another diatribe proclaiming that the church ship is sinking?
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By John Chandler
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Dallas Willard’s death in May has given us a chance to think about his substantial legacy, and his contribution to the wonderful trend of turning the core evangelical conversation toward discipleship and life in the Kingdom. That is a giant step in the right direction.
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By Gary Long
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Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
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My 15-year-old son has taken to introducing me as a “retired pastor.” It’s hard to shake loose of that title for me, too. It’s probably because being a pastor is more of an identity than a job. I’m stumbling my way forward into this new life on the other side of the pulpit.
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By Andrew Gardner
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013 |
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Moving into new places presents a unique challenge to imagine and re-imagine our past lives in relation to the present locations in which we find ourselves. Walter Rauschenbusch, the late 19th-century and early 20th-century pastor, church historian and social gospel advocate, entered into a new place in 1886.
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By Jim White
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Friday, May 31, 2013 |
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Every church has a few of them. Some have many — people who live with chronic pain or illness. Some of them live in families or in retirement communities, but many of them live at home, getting by the best they can. I have a new empathy for such people having experienced a taste of what they endure.
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By Alex Gallimore
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Friday, May 31, 2013 |
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As individuals, churches and Christians leaders, we need to wake up and take a long look at ourselves in the mirror, asking why we do what we do. How do we define success? Where is our worth? What keeps us going? Are we where we wanted to be when we began our journeys all those years ago?
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By Lisa Cole Smith
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
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It is time to bring the power of the arts to the heart of the church. The arts are one of the most powerful means by which we explore the human experience. Through the arts we mine the deep existential questions of what it means to be human and that leads to the stuff of theology.
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By Bill Wilson
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
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A friend was recently talking about an organization that is struggling to adapt to some very necessary changes. While not a church, the observation she made about their inability to adjust to a changing world rings true for many of us. Her observation focused on the group’s resistance to change.
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Forget the 'Christian' tag
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The Scouts have angered all sides
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For the CBF and SBC, it's time to take separate journeys
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The new conversation
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Pastors and parenting
• A more secular Europe, divided by the cross | New York Times, 6/17
• Egypt preacher spared jail for 'insulting' Christianity | AFP, 6/16
• SBC president says his church will stop hosting Boy Scouts after vote to accept openly gay scouts | Birmingham News, 6/15
• Texas governor signs 'Merry Christmas' law; says religious freedom is not freedom from religion | Washington Post, 6/14
• Christian faithful to debate role, influence in GOP; weak turnout at polls raises alarm | Washington Times, 6/12
• Charlotte Observer religion reporter arrested in Raleigh protest | Raleigh News & Observer, 6/10
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A decade later, Southern Baptists adapt to different political climate, culture, influence
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• Republican Party to step up outreach to evangelicals with hiring of Baptist | CNN, 6/8
• A biblical task: translating the Bible in the 21st century | BBC, 6/6
• Bible's strong comeback surprises secular Norway | ABC News, 6/6
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