When Should a Pastor Be Restored after Sexual Sin?
Few questions test the Church s commitment to both grace and truth more than how it responds when a pastor falls into sexual sin
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Unsettling Advent 2024, Day 24
What can we say about Divine hope and love when the mountains of western North Carolina tremble?
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4 messianic prophecy understanding needed this Advent season
Although it s widely celebrated at Christmas, the birth of Christ is also widely contested
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Christmas: The One who can satisfy soul’s longing is here
This is the heart of Christmas the arrival of the One who satisfies our deepest needs, not by changing our circumstances, but by transforming us
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Christian persecution in 2024: 6 stories worth revisiting
Here are 6 Christian Persecution stories representing brothers and sisters we can pray for worth revisiting as we finish out this year
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Christmas is a grand miracle: 700-year-old prophecies fulfilled
Christmas is a grand miracle And to think, it was all foretold hundreds of years before it came to pass
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Unsettling Advent 2024, Day 23
It’s not too late for Christians to see that those who lead us into violence, greed, dehumanization, and Earth destruction are not leading us on good and fruitful paths.
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The First Christmas: Myths and Realities
Over the centuries, the Christmas story has been re-cast and romanticized into a kind of Christian mythology But what do the Scriptures really tell us about Jesus birth
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What Does Christmas Look Like on the Other Side of the World?
If we are not deliberate, we will reduce this most precious time of the year to meaninglessness
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Internet anonymity and conservative Christians: When things go bad
We don't walk around the street wearing nametags and if a stranger approached us and asked for our address, almost all of us would hesitate.In an age of identity theft and phishing schemes, who knows what they might do with the information? Such prudence is even more warranted on the internet, where bots can harvest millions of names and sign you up for credit cards, newsletters, and a lifetime supply of herbal supplements in a matter of nanoseconds.But internet anonymity can be even more important for conservative Christians whose views on topics like same sex marriage and abortion could earn them a trip to the HR department or could even cost them their jobs. Steadfastly hiding some area of your life from your church is neither wise nor biblical.ConclusionsAs social media and the internet take up more and more of our lives, genuine discipleship will require us to consider more and more carefully what it means to obey Jesus in the digital sphere.
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Why the satanic Christmas displays are awesome
In an increasingly secularized culture, Christian values and beliefs aren t going to be the default anymore
