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Life for Christians in a Land of Long Running Persecution
As this writer has observed in a number of past articles, Christians in this country struggling against the demands of the sexual revolution may or may not prevail in gaining legal accommodation. We...
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Slapping Heretics?
Every year on the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas, which was last week, memes circulate about St Nick having slapped the heretic Arius at the Council of Nicaea. This event apparently has no basis in...
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On the Historicity of the Flight to Egypt
Bishop Timothy Whitaker (Photo credit: Kathy Gilbert / UMNS) Timothy W. Whitaker is a Retired United Methodist Church bishop who served the Florida Area. UM Voices is a forum for different voices...
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IDC Spotlights Bipartisanship in Confronting Christian Persecution in Egypt
A recent policy briefing by the advocacy group In Defense of Christians (IDC) recapped past and possible future U.S. action, both in Congress and the presidency, in advocating for the rights of Coptic...
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Afghanistan, Central African Republic Flagged ‘Regressive’ on Religious Freedom
Several countries are regressing into egregious religious freedom violations according to an independent U.S. government commission tasked with monitoring the plight of persecuted religious groups...
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The Perennial Importance of Creeds for Christian Faith – Part 1
In the rapidly changing world of the early twenty-first century – what has been called “liquid modernity” – maintaining Christian integrity is difficult for many people. The revivalism of nineteenth...
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Who is Jesus?
In his introduction to Athanasius’ great work, On the Incarnation, C. S. Lewis wrote that it was this 4th c. bishop who “stood for the Trinitarian doctrine, ‘whole and undefiled’ when it looked as if...
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Who are the Middle Eastern Christians? – A Simple Guide for the Western Church
For Western Christians, attempting to identify and make sense of the tapestry of Eastern Christianity can be an onerous undertaking. Yet, understanding Eastern Christianity is critical if we hope to...
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Grace and Lies: A Mars Hill Story
Pastor Mark Driscoll, perhaps most (in)famous now as the unintentional star of the “Rise and Fall of Mars Hill,” podcast, recently tweeted against “deconstructionists,” saying that they couldn’t have...
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The Tribulations of Indigenous Religious Communities
Difficulties suffered by religious groups where religion is strongly bound up with ethnic identity, and that identity is strongly bound up in long-running political struggle may not get the attention,...
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