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What a Preacher’s Joke and an Insta Rap Taught Me About Indoctrination

What a Preacher’s Joke and an Insta Rap Taught Me About Indoctrination

Tracing the Roots of Learned Hate from the Pulpit to Social Media
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Dan Foster
How ‘God’s Purpose’ Became a Cage, And What Sets Us Free

How ‘God’s Purpose’ Became a Cage, And What Sets Us Free

Unraveling mission, identity, and the quiet tyranny of usefulness
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Judy Hansen
Why Sin Is Not the Problem You Think It Is

Why Sin Is Not the Problem You Think It Is

Exposing the Real Human Struggle Beneath Our Obsession with Sin
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Dan Foster
Tired, Wired, and Prayerful

Tired, Wired, and Prayerful

I cried out to God for help. My (semi) agnostic friend responded.
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Lizzy Dieng
A Heretic’s Guide to the Trinity

A Heretic’s Guide to the Trinity

God is love. I am confused. Let’s begin.
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Bri-anne Swan
How to Be Christian Without Embarrassing Yourself

How to Be Christian Without Embarrassing Yourself

Ten Practical Insights for a Faith the World Can Actually Respect
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Dan Foster
Why I Don’t Read the Bible for Answers Anymore

Why I Don’t Read the Bible for Answers Anymore

Reclaiming Scripture as Story, Struggle, and Sacred Questioning
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Dan Foster
No, God Does Not Have a Plan for Your Life

No, God Does Not Have a Plan for Your Life

And that’s great news!
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Eric Sentell
The Bait and Switch Gospel

The Bait and Switch Gospel

The gospel got hijacked by behavior management
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Gary L Ellis
When God Is In The Hands Of Angry Sinners

When God Is In The Hands Of Angry Sinners

Redeeming what is probably the most destructive sermon ever preached
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Nils von Kalm
What COVID, Conflict, and Burnout Taught me About Grace Under fire.

What COVID, Conflict, and Burnout Taught me About Grace Under fire.

What happens when grace runs dry and the gossip flows freely…
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Paul Walker
Pride, Silence, and the Sunday Cover-Up

Pride, Silence, and the Sunday Cover-Up

5 Reasons Christians Don’t Want to Talk About LGBTQIA+ Issues
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Evan LeBlanc
The Church Was the Last to Know: When God Moves Without Permission

The Church Was the Last to Know: When God Moves Without Permission

How a Roman centurion exposed the uncomfortable truth about who was really behind
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Anthony Palmer
Is the Bible Without Error? Or Are We Asking the Wrong Question?

Is the Bible Without Error? Or Are We Asking the Wrong Question?

Why inerrancy might be the least helpful way to approach Scripture
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Paul Clarke
I Nearly Quit Seminary — Then a Hundred-Dollar Miracle Showed Up

I Nearly Quit Seminary — Then a Hundred-Dollar Miracle Showed Up

A story of calling, chaos, and a community that carried my family.
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Lizzy Dieng
The Lie I Believed About God’s Will — and the Life It Almost Cost Me

The Lie I Believed About God’s Will — and the Life It Almost Cost Me

Rethinking Calling, Control, and the Will of God
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Dan Foster
Why the Gospel You Inherited Might Not Be the One Jesus Preached

Why the Gospel You Inherited Might Not Be the One Jesus Preached

What Jesus Said, What We Made of It, and Why It Matters Now
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Dan Foster
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