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Monthly Archives: September 2010
How the Church Can Properly Respond to Same-Sex Practice
I have frequently suggested that the church is making huge mistakes in how it addresses the modern same-sex debate. Let me explain, albeit simply, what I mean. I want to articulate several truths that I believe we desperately need if … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Marriage & Family
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Angelina’s Jolie’s Search for Love
Angelina Jolie’s search for love is both admirable and deeply human. I don’t usually follow the personal lives of Hollywood stars, though I am a fan of many genres of film, but Jolie’s story was featured in the Sunday Parade … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Film, Love, Marriage & Family
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Summer Hours: A Modern Family in the Global Village
Summer Hours, a wonderful new French film by contemporary French director Olivier Assayas, has earned multiple awards. It is personal, at times even moving, look at family life that provides a rather wonderful amazing look into the realities of a … Continue reading
Posted in Film
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How the New Ecumenism Differs from the Old
Most Christians in the West have some kind of impression about the word ecumenism. I grew up in a context that held the word itself in suspicion. As best I can tell we thought the word represented the worst of … Continue reading
The Son of Hamas
One of the most talked-about books I have come across in recent months is: Son of Hamas, written by Mosab Hassan Yousef. Yousef, still a young man in his early thirties, was an insider to the Hamas terrorist organization for … Continue reading
People Matter. Things Don’t.
Since I’ve mentioned meeting with several new friends over the last few days I will write about one more such friend today. This is a brother I met many years ago but in God’s providence we did not get “connected” … Continue reading
How Can We Equip Marketplace Leaders for Christ’s Kingdom?
I mentioned yesterday my recent trip to southern California and my lunch with Paul Cedar of Mission America Coalition. On this same trip I also had a great lunch with Bob Shank. I had heard of Bob but knew little … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Personal
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Pope Benedict’s Visit to Great Britain
I have followed the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom this week with prayerful interest. This is a momentous time for all Christians in the UK. When you consider the history of the Christian church in Britain, … Continue reading
Posted in Roman Catholicism, Unity of the Church
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Wanted: Leaders Who Understand the Times & Know What to Do
In 1 Chronicles 12:32 we have a mention of one of the tribes of Israel that was called to be David’s warriors. The text says of these men of Issachar that they were “all men [who] understood the times and … Continue reading
Whose Gospel? An Argument for Progressive Christianity
Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. is the founder and president of the Healing of the Nations Foundation and the senior minister emeritus of the famous Riverside Church in New York City. He was also a professor at Union Theological Seminary … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Ethics, Homosexuality, Politics, Race and Racism, Sexuality
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