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2017-05-24T16:45:03-04:00

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Early Jesus-followers as a Hodgepodge of Competing Christianities: Rethinking a Popular Thesis

Last updated on: May 24, 2017 at 4:45 pm By Guest Contributor

If you could travel back in time to the year 100 to visit several of the small Christian communities scattered across the Mediterranean world, what would you find? Read more

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2017-05-24T16:39:17-04:00

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As It Is in Heaven

Last updated on: May 24, 2017 at 4:39 pm By Guest Contributor

At some point in each of our lives, we have wondered what our purpose is for this place and time, in this context of flesh and bone. Were we thoughtfully created in a virtuous design by the imagination of a loving Creator? Or is our existence more random, particles of science left to chance, deriving whatever pleasure we can muster for the moment and leaving the rest to fickle fate? If we subscribe to the latter belief that our lives... Read more

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2017-05-09T08:53:06-04:00

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A Time to Figure Out What We Need

Last updated on: May 9, 2017 at 8:53 am By Guest Contributor

When we are in anxiety inducing circumstances, we should figure out what we need and take those needs to God in prayer. Read more

2017-04-06T15:13:15-04:00

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How to Trust God When Bad Things Happen – and Keep Happening

Last updated on: April 6, 2017 at 3:13 pm By Guest Contributor

Don’t allow your trials to hinder your trust and faith in what God is capable of. You are the example of His faithfulness. Read more

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2017-03-23T13:38:37-04:00

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Thoughts on a Church Closing

Last updated on: March 23, 2017 at 1:38 pm By Megan Schmidt

A church closing is a reminder of the declining reliance on the institution of divine worship, whatever practice; a post-religion society. Read more

2017-03-16T18:32:23-04:00

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From “Animal House” to a House of Animals? Middlebury and Today’s Students

Last updated on: March 16, 2017 at 6:32 pm By Megan Schmidt

by J. Nick Pitts Previous generations’ college experiences were satirized by the film Animal House, but today’s college campus seems more a house of animals. While Animal House depicted college as continual party that promoted promiscuity and debauchery with little time for learning, today’s college experience seems more like a continual protest. These demonstrations are caused by a distrust in institutions, endemic to the millennial generation, and an overarching lack of historical understanding. Last week, a mob attacked conservative author... Read more

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2017-03-09T14:08:27-04:00

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Why We Need the Benedict Option and How It Doesn’t Have to Return to Fundamentalism

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 2:08 pm By Guest Contributor

Can the Benedict Option be different? How do proponents, as a church, community, or other organization, not relive the sins of the fundamentalist movement that began in the 1920s? Read more

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2017-03-08T19:58:37-04:00

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Building Bridges Between the Black Church and the Israeli People

Last updated on: March 8, 2017 at 7:58 pm By Megan Schmidt

By Eliana Rudee On a chilly Friday morning in Jerusalem, 14 American Baptist leaders filed into Colel Chabad’s Pantry Packers packing plant, ready to prepare food for Israel’s underprivileged. Despite the cold, Michael Seiler, Manager of Liaison Services with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (“The Fellowship”), volunteered his Friday morning to brief the Baptist leaders, promising that this activity would warm everyone’s hearts. Indeed, hearts were warmed and bridges were built during the group’s weeklong tour around Israel,... Read more

2017-07-20T13:22:20-04:00

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The Church’s Responsibility to Support Marriage

Last updated on: July 20, 2017 at 1:22 pm By Guest Contributor

Since any church’s goal should be to serve the spiritual needs of its members and reach out to its community, marriage should be on the forefront of its agenda. Read more

National Marriage Week

2017-07-20T13:19:40-04:00

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5 Things You Need to Know About Lament

Last updated on: July 20, 2017 at 1:19 pm By Guest Contributor

Following God does not ensure a pain-free life. Obedience to God does not give a free pass from hurt and suffering here in this world. How do we move forward if we are disappointed Christians? Read more

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