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Imagining a World Without School Shootings

  • Post published:March 31, 2023
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Three nine-year-old children were murdered in their classroom on Monday morning. Three nine-year-old children. Their beautiful faces captured our imagination through tragedy. Theirs are one more in a litany of…

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Asbury Revival: Streams of Living Water

  • Post published:February 27, 2023
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The love of God just broke through the distraction, injustice, anxiety, and shame of our age at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky.  The Asbury Revival It’s being called “the Asbury…

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Why I Am Neither Conservative Nor Progressive

  • Post published:December 6, 2022
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Conservatism in one sphere can lead to progressivism in another. To be more specific, theological conservatism can lead to social and political progressivism.  Last week, Curtis Chang and David French…

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People to Follow Across the Political Divides

  • Post published:November 9, 2022
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As we reach the other side of the 2022 elections—our country as polarized as ever—I want to offer some suggestions for people to follow who offer a different way through…

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Acknowledging the Harm Inherent Within the Abortion Debates

  • Post published:July 20, 2022
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When the Supreme Court decided to push regulations around abortion back to the states, it set off a cascade of opinions and responses. Many pro-life activists celebrated while pro-choice folks…

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In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision, The Lord’s Prayer

  • Post published:June 25, 2022
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How can we respond with compassion, justice, and love in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? Is this ruling cause for celebration or for…

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The Ambiguities of Abortion

  • Post published:June 3, 2022
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Quick Links: There’s a Better Way to Debate Abortion by Peter Wehner | THE ATLANTIC How the End of Roe Would Change Prenatal Care by Sarah Zhang | THE ATLANTIC…

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How Can We Respond to All the Injustice and Suffering?

  • Post published:May 30, 2022
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Recent news has been filled with brutality and evil. War in Ukraine. Shooting upon shooting upon shooting. And a report by the Southern Baptist Convention that details abuse upon abuse…

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Another School Shooting: Is There Light in the Darkness?

  • Post published:May 25, 2022
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Strength to Love I went…

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Abortion and People With Disabilities

  • Post published:May 9, 2022
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Last week’s leak of a draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade has people talking (yelling?) about abortion all over again. I wrote last week…

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