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Why Your Mission Trip Might Be a Huge Waste of Money
Why Your Mission Trip Might Be a Huge Waste of Money
And How Your Well-Intentioned Trip May Be Hurting More Than Helping
Dan Foster
Sep 9
The Dark Side of Divine Punishment and Parenting
The Dark Side of Divine Punishment and Parenting
Exploring the Lasting Impact of Punitive Theology on Families and Faith
Judy Hansen
Sep 10
Chasing the American Dream: How Racism Followed Me Across the World
Chasing the American Dream: How Racism Followed Me Across the World
A South African’s Confronts the Skeletons in America’s Closet
Cedric Johnson, PhD
Sep 9
There is No Hate Like ‘Christian’ Love
There is No Hate Like ‘Christian’ Love
Seven unloving things Christians do in the name of “love.”
Dan Foster
Sep 5
Finding the meaning at Ground Zero.
Finding the meaning at Ground Zero.
What if we had turned the other cheek?
Lindsay Kelly
Sep 9
The Priesthood I Pursued and the Gay Identity I Discovered
The Priesthood I Pursued and the Gay Identity I Discovered
Journeying from Religious Ambition to Self-Acceptance and Reconciliation With God
Seandor Szeles
Sep 8
Why You’re Not That Important
Why You’re Not That Important
And why that might be the best news you’ve heard in a long time
Nils von Kalm
Sep 8
Why Christians Should Tolerate Sin
Why Christians Should Tolerate Sin
My sin, my story
Eric Sentell
Sep 8
What is Holiness?
What is Holiness?
It’s not about less; it’s about more.
Peter Mansfield
Sep 9
Why You Should Take the Bible Seriously — But Not Literally
Why You Should Take the Bible Seriously — But Not Literally
What you miss when you treat the Bible as history rather than literature
Dustin Arand
Sep 7
How to Identify a Bad Manager and What to Do Next
How to Identify a Bad Manager and What to Do Next
A Tale of Cornflakes, Clarity, and Taking Charge
Dan Foster
Sep 6
I is for Islam
I is for Islam
The youngest of the major religions will soon be the largest
Peter Mansfield
Sep 6
I Found Jesus Where I’d Rocked Out To Black Sabbath a Few Weeks Earlier
I Found Jesus Where I’d Rocked Out To Black Sabbath a Few Weeks Earlier
How one Sunday night changed the course of my life.
Paul Walker
Sep 6
The Uncontrolling Nature of Divine Love
The Uncontrolling Nature of Divine Love
When God’s Radical Love Confronts Religious Traditions
James Gómez
Sep 5
Why Belief Is Not About “Accepting Jesus Into Your Heart”
Why Belief Is Not About “Accepting Jesus Into Your Heart”
It’s so much more than that
Nils von Kalm
Sep 6
Why I Stopped Using the Epithet “Straight White Male”
Why I Stopped Using the Epithet “Straight White Male”
The Teacher I Didn’t Want to Know — And How He Changed My Life
Erick Sierra
Sep 4
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