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Cameron ShafferChurch

Reviewing the Evangelical Presbyterian Church's 44th General Assembly

This year's general assembly was a significant gathering in the life of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

The Permanent Things Endure

Politically captive visions of Christian faith have always been a part of American evangelicalism. But there are dissenting voices too.

S. DormanBook Reviews

Hawthorne's Necrotic Tissue

Hawthorne's 'Scarlet Letter' is pervaded by a fear of hypocrisy and yet some sense in which hypocrisy seems almost unavoidable.

Jake MeadorChurch

Observations on Exvangelicals and Deconstructing

Christian joy and a seriousness about life and neighbor is often all it takes to capture someone's attention in a world saturated by the superficial.

Jared HaydenBibleFamilySexuality

No Longer Pitiable

We shouldn't say marriage is 'normative' and celibacy an aberration. What is normative is the faithful offering of oneself to God, regardless of vocation.

John EhrettBook ReviewsFormation

You Don't Escape to Narnia

The point of the Narnia tales isn't to escape your normal life, but to find something in Narnia that you also must learn to find in 'normal' reality.

Stephen SpinnenweberChurchFormation

Shepherds, Brothers, Witnesses: A Vision for Pastoral Life Together

Any worthy vision of pastoral life must be rooted in faithful preaching, brotherly trust, and confidently proclaiming the Gospel.

Derek RadneyChurch

A Refuge for Sinners and Sufferers

A healthy church is a church marked by hospitality and care for sinners and sufferers. But how do you make such an aspiration a reality?

Miles SmithBook Reviews

Reading the Exvangelicals

It is almost certainly not coincidental that many exvangelicals have come from syncretic, evangelical charismatic backgrounds.

Michael GembolaFormation

Ancient Pastoral Wisdom for a Therapeutic Age

Integrating psychology and theology has too often been an integration of Sunday School-level theology with PhD-level psychology.

Seth TrouttChurchFormation

Church Discipline in the Digital Age

The digital world has made church discipline seem impossible, pointless, and irrelevant. Yet churches cannot make disciples without discipline.

Skyler FlowersFormation

How Online Media Deforms Christian Disciples

An unhealthy online media diet will malform and twist Christian disciples. The best (only?) way out is embodied, local Christian community.