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Matthew LaPine

Dr. Matthew LaPine (PhD Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Director of Equipping at CityLight Church in Omaha, NE. Follow him on Twitter at @matthewalapine.

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Dr. Matthew LaPine (PhD Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Director of Equipping at CityLight Church in Omaha, NE. Follow him on Twitter at @matthewalapine.

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Suicide and Persevering in Love

Edith Hall's moving exploration of suicide in classical art is a striking but ultimately inadequate response to the problem of suicide.

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Preventing Destructive Leadership: Some Reflections for Elders - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We ought to be aware by now of the danger of destructive leaders. 2020 brought two important books addressing the issue, Chuck DeGroat’s When Narcissism Comes to the Church and Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer’s A Church Called Tov. Russell […]

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The Logic of the Body - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A Thomistic psychology will help us understand the complex relationship between our bodies and our emotions, helping us know how to aid wounded people.

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Seeing Jack: The Prodigal in Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead"

What do you do when a prodigal returns but does not repent? How are you to look at the ambiguous physical return of the prodigal?

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On Being a Church for the Weak | Mere Orthodoxy

Healthy churches must be churches in which downward mobility is a normal part of the community's life, in which the community is attentive to the weak.