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Jennifer Knapp & Larry King: Why We Always Lose this Debate
Trevin Wax
Why is it that whenever we see a proponent of Christianity's historical view of sexuality going head to head on TV with an advocate for "gay rights," the traditional Christian almost always loses the argument? I think it has a lot to do with how the discussion is framed.
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Does God So Love the World?
John MacArthur
Love is the best known but least understood of all God's attributes. Does the Bible teach that God loves all people alike? Is He compelled by some rule of fairness to love everyone equally?
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Christian Living

Should We Fire God? A Virginia Tech Pastor on Faith after Crisis
Sarah Jennings
Where is God when bad things happen? Jim Pace, co-pastor of New Life Christian Fellowship at Virginia Tech, encountered numerous, heart-wrenching questions like this one in the months following April 16, 2007. His recently released book, "Should We Fire God?" is a response to the spiritual questioning many experience after tragedy strikes.
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TV Experiment Shows the Bentness of Human Nature
Chuck Colson
A now-infamous series of experiments revealed how seemingly ordinary men could carry out the demonic orders of the Third Reich. Recently, a French documentary updated the experiment.
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Featured Blogs

The Sin of Indifference
S. Michael Craven
In my last commentary I wrote about the tragic death of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who hanged herself after months of relentless and cruel bullying. Why was no one willing to come to stand in opposition to her tormentors? I referred to this as the "cowardice of noncompassion." Recently, I have encountered another kind of cowardice of noncompassion within the church, which hinders the church's mission and undermines our witness in the world. (Read more)
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Living on a Spiritual Plateau, Part 2
Dr. Ray Pritchard
Spiritual plateaus, like physical plateaus, are natural and normal and necessary. They are part of God's "scenery" of the Christian life and are meant by God to develop stronger, tougher, deeper, more resilient Christians...
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Featured FAQ

If God is love, why does the Bible talk so much about His wrath?
Reddit Andrews

What should a Christian think about reported near-death experiences?
James MacDonald

What does the Bible say about cremation?
John MacArthur



Community

Family devotions - does anyone do them? What do you do?

Calvinism/Arminianism discussion

Why did God establish the new covenant? Is the Law of Moses no longer for today?




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