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  Dec 23, 2014

  Love Came Down at Christmas

  Most of the music you hear on these channels has little, if anything, to do with Jesus, and, in the off chance it does, it most likely won't be performed in a way that lends itself to the mystery of the Incarnation. Advent is supposed to be a time of reflection and contemplation, and what we listen to should further this goal. Since Spotify, Pandora and Music Choice aren't likely to be of much help, we need to create our own "channels."

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  Dec 11, 2014

  Jesus Is Our Peace: Bridging the Racial Chasm

  There is only one answer to the racial divide in this country, and the Church needs to supply it.

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  Nov 23, 2014

  Different Is Better: The Ancient Church and Its Pagan Neighbors

  For the first seventy or so years of Christianity's existence, the Greco-Roman world paid it relatively little attention. There were persecutions here and there (like the one that claimed the lives of Peter and Paul). But, for the most part, it wasn't until the second century that their pagan neighbors began to focus their attention on just how different Christians were.

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  Nov 20, 2014

  Millennials and the Bible: Live Out the Faith So They Can Relate

  Want to offend a Millennial? You could just open your Bible and read it in front of him. But if you live out the teachings of Scripture, you just might win him over.

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  Oct 17, 2014

  Hand Over Your Sermon, or Else

  In America, a city government has demanded that religious leaders turn over their sermons or face contempt of court charges, even possibly jail time. Words fail me. This is beyond outrageous. We have been warning for years that our religious liberties are in peril in every aspect of life.

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  Oct 16, 2014

  Running Toward the Plague: Christians and Ebola

  Nearly eighteen centuries after the Plague of Cyprian, Christianity still prompts people to run towards the plague when virtually everyone else is running away. Now as then, this power confounds and confuses Christianity's critics.

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  Oct 6, 2014

  'Are We the Baddies?' A Wake-Up Call to Abortion Supporters

  For years the "pro-choice" crowd fought to change the subject whenever pro-lifers brought the debate back to the central question: are the unborn human? After all, you can't just choose to kill a human, no matter how inconvenient he or she might be.

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  Sep 29, 2014

  Deadly Standard Options

  The seven deadly sins are also called capital sins. What makes these sins deadly is that they're spiritually corrupting. Whereas Christian charity inclines our hearts toward the love of God and neighbor, the seven deadly sins imprison us through a kind of self-worship.

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  Sep 26, 2014

  A Just War? What Chuck Would Say About the US and ISIS

  You can call it what you want. Airstrikes. Limited military action. Leading a coalition. But let's face it, the U.S. is at war again in the Middle East. In times like these, I can't help but wonder what my friend Chuck Colson would have thought.

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  Sep 22, 2014

  No Disposable People: Warden Burl Cain and the Dignity of Prisoners

  It's easy to forget that every human being is made in God's image – even those behind bars.