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Bruce Barron

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Can a European evangelical statement change the world?

This blog post’s main goal is to persuade you to read the July 1 statement by the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), entitled “European Evangelicals in Public Life.” If you are short on time, skip the rest of this post and read the EEA me...

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On America's mythical Christian past

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish. —Proverbs 19:9

Today, the United States celebrates its 250th birthday. Commemorative signs refer to “250 years of freedom,” which seems somewhat ironic since ou...

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Does Indonesia honor God better than Western societies?

Kyle Wisdom (far right), now director of global advocacy for the World Evangelical Alliance, at a meeting with members of Indonesia-based Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest Muslim organization, in 2019. (I am also in the photo, at r...
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The withering of Christianity in eastern Turkey

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