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2013-09-13T08:25:36-06:00

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ELSEWHERE: 26, Unmarried, and Childless

Last updated on: September 13, 2013 at 8:25 am By Anita Kobayashi Sung

So much of a woman’s identity is defined by her reproductive capabilities. Why can’t women be regarded for their character and their good choices that are not related to their relationship status and the ultimate goal of childbearing? Amanda Bast drives this point home very pointedly in her short, but humorous piece, “26, Unmarried, and Childless.” Read more

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2013-09-13T08:36:58-06:00

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“Most Dudes Are Weird and I Pity Them”: Dating Advice for Actual Christian Guys

Last updated on: September 13, 2013 at 8:36 am By Brad Williams

"The fact that you are burning with desire can cloud your brain and cause you to forget that the woman you hope to pursue is a human being and not simply made as an object of your desire." Read more

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2013-09-13T07:45:19-06:00

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Mixed Signals: Abused Goddesses Expose Violence in India

Last updated on: September 13, 2013 at 7:45 am By Erin Straza

A campaign featuring bruised and bloodied Hindu goddesses could be one means God uses to grant grace to women in India. Read more

2013-09-12T12:51:17-06:00

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ELSEWHERE: A Beginner’s Guide to David Foster Wallace

Last updated on: September 12, 2013 at 12:51 pm By Martyn Jones

Today marks the five-year anniversary of the death of David Foster Wallace, an author whose hyper self-aware prose style has helped shape the contemporary American literary scene. Reading Wallace can be daunting—particularly his dense and often heavily-footnoted fiction, the last iteration of which we reviewed here—but making the effort is apt to pay back dividends. If you’re standing on the lip of the pool, unsure of whether to dive in the deep end or step lightly into the shallows, let... Read more

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2013-09-12T10:11:27-06:00

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A Videogame about Cancer, God, and Hope

Last updated on: September 12, 2013 at 10:11 am By Richard Clark

A videogame about cancer, God, and hope? It’s not only possible, it’s a reality. Over at Think Christian, Drew Dixon provides an in-depth look at That Dragon, Cancer. Says lead developer Ryan Greene: “I hope that by sharing weakness, players will trust us and by accepting our invitation to walk with us through this valley we’ve journeyed through with cancer, maybe they will be able to trust in Him.” Read more

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2013-09-12T07:08:59-06:00

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ELSEWHERE: Richard Dawkins Stirs More Controversy with ‘Mild Pedophilia’ Statements

Last updated on: September 12, 2013 at 7:08 am By Jason Morehead

Richard Dawkins is no stranger to controversy: the outspoken atheist’s criticism of religion has ruffled many a theist’s feathers. However, his latest controversial statements don’t concern religion, but rather, the “mild pedophilia” he experienced as a schoolchild. Dawkins claims he experienced no “lasting harm” from the experience. Also, he can’t condemn the abuse because “you can’t condemn people of an earlier era by the standards of ours.” Dawkins has since been criticized by various advocacy groups, as well as atheist... Read more

2013-09-11T20:35:48-06:00

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ELSEWHERE: The Rare “Good Dating Article” Spotted In the Wild

Last updated on: September 11, 2013 at 8:35 pm By Derek Rishmawy

Grow up in the church and you’re going to hear or read some silly things about dating and relationships. Or you may hear some good things said in a silly way. Or you may hear something good repeated so often that it’s taken to a silly extreme. Well, this guy, Paul Maxwell, said a sane thing about dating and ‘intentionality’ over at The Gospel Coalition. It’s worth a look. Read more

2013-09-11T20:32:45-06:00

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Are Concussions the Price We Pay for Manly Men?

Last updated on: September 11, 2013 at 8:32 pm By E. Stephen Burnett

If football makes weak boys into manly men, does that nullify challenges to game violence and sports worship? Read more

2013-09-12T08:32:56-06:00

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Three Reasons Not to Buy Your Kid a Brightly Colored iPhone (Sorry, Kids)

Last updated on: September 12, 2013 at 8:32 am By Derek Rishmawy

Should you get your kid an iPhone? It can probably wait. Read more

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2013-09-11T14:00:33-06:00

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ELSEWHERE: Here Are 20,000 Reasons Harris Won’t Give up His Scientism

Last updated on: September 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm By Derek Rishmawy

While our James Hoskins has pointed out that Steven Pinker could stand to take a few theology lessons, Ross Douthat’s been straightening out Sam Harris on his confused scientism. Apparently he thinks that science can determine human values in a meaningful way, to such a degree that he’s willing to pay $20,000 to anyone who can refute his central argument. Of course, that gives him 20,000 reasons to not buy the argument. Read more

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