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Young, Restless, and Reformed
Collin Hansen
What makes today's young Calvinists tick? In Young, Restless, Reformed, Collin Hansen investigates the Reformed resurgence among young evangelicals, talking to the leading pastors and theologians of this growing movement. Read an excerpt from chapter one: "Born Again Again."
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Why I Tell Stories from the Bible (and Why You Should, Too)
Stanley Ward
Scripture memory is a wonderful discipline, but people need to internalize more than a Bible verse or two. Stories--in particular biblical stories--entertain us, but they also encourage us, challenge us, and even show us how to live.
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Christian Living

Meet the New American Family, Digitally Deluged
Albert Mohler
Christians are not called to be modern-day Luddites, smashing digital devices with sledgehammers. But we are called to be faithful stewards of digital opportunities, even as we are also called to be faithful in all our relationships.
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Reading Fiction: The Pursuit of a Peculiar Pleasure
Richard Doster
Stories and characters, along with the morals and themes of good fiction give voice to our own views. They're therapeutic for us as readers. And seeing them on the printed page affirms our thoughts and validates our experiences.
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This Week in Church History

Educator to the Orient, Samuel R. Brown (1880)
In addition to chairing the committee that translated the New Testament into Japanese, Brown's preaching prepared a strong group of converts which became the nucleus of the first Japanese Protestant church at Yokohama. Near the end of his life, he also established Japan's first Protestant theological seminary, operating it out of his own home in Tokyo at the start. He died on June 20, 1880.
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Featured Blogs

Fathers: Key to Their Children's Faith
S. Michael Craven
A rather obscure but large and important study conducted by the Swiss government revealed some astonishing facts with regard to the generational transmission of faith and religious values. In short, the study reveals that "It is the religious practice of the father of the family that, above all, determines the future attendance at or absence from church of the children."
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The World: Love It or Hate It?
Tullian Tchividjian
John 3:16 tells us that God the Father loves the world so much that he sent God the Son to fix it. But we're told in 1 John 2:15-17 not to love the world, and James tells us that "a friend of the world" is "an enemy of God." What's going on? Is the world good or bad? Are we to love it or hate it?
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Community

Current Events: The Death of American Christianity?

Science & Origins: How Can Science and Religion Go Hand in Hand?

Singles: Are Married People More Moral than Single People?




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