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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Real Reason You Keep Coming Back to the Same Sins
A surprising look at the hidden forces that shape our most destructive behaviours
Sin. From my earliest days growing up in the church, I was told the problem with both individual people and the world as a whole was sin. Every broken relati...
Why Can't Christians Just End an Email Normally?
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Why the heck can’t Christians just finish their emails with “Kind Regards” or even “Yours Sincerely?”
Hmmm?
When it comes to signing off from emails, “normal” just doesn’t seem to cut it for lots of C...
STORY OF THE WEEK: The Seven Questions Every Declining Church Is Afraid to Ask
Why listening to former Christians may be more important than recruiting new ones.
Every time someone left my church, the pastor had a way of apportioning blame to the departed church member. When we had a staff meeting, he would often upd...
STORY OF THE WEEK: I Read This Christian Facebook Post… and Something Felt Deeply Wrong
Why an anti-abortion protest made me question the way Christians share the good news
I was scrolling through Facebook yesterday when a photograph made me stop.
STORY OF THE WEEK: The Most Disturbing Thing I’ve Heard a Preacher Say
What a single sentence reveals about the God many Christians worship
Some Christian beliefs are really difficult to defend.
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