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How ‘No Creed But the Bible’ Subverts the Bible

February 15, 2019 | Owen Strachan

It sounds so heartening when you first hear it: “No creed but the Bible.” You’re a young Christian, you love the Bible, and you’re eager to be around people who share your passion for the Word. But as time goes on, you realize there are some problems with this seemingly innocent sentence. “No creed but the Bible” actually functions as a governing theological statement that norms all others. In a dazzling burst of irony, “No creed but the Bible” fails its own test, because…

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A Tragic Chapter in Christian Missions

February 15, 2019 | Ryan Hoselton

In Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World, Katherine Gerbner, assistant professor of history at the University of Minnesota, debunks…

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Ray Ortlund on Finishing Well in Ministry

February 15, 2019 | Ray Ortlund

“If you and your ministry consist only of doctrinal correctness and brilliant communication and organizational savvy—all of which matter—but if that’s all you cultivate…

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How Church Plants Can Ensure Healthy Accountability

February 14, 2019 | Bill Riedel

Devastating recent news of abuse has shown that wickedness can seep into any movement, whether the most developed hierarchy or movements characterized…

Russell Moore on What Christians Should Know about Transgenderism

February 15, 2019 | Russell Moore

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Don’t Put Your Hope in Date Night

February 12, 2019 | Emily Jensen • Laura Wifler

Running a nonprofit ministry geared toward moms of young children means our inbox continually fills with questions about parenting and marriage. One of the…

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How to Be a Friend at All Times (Even When You Don’t Have Time)

February 11, 2019 | Winfree Brisley

One day each month I open the mailbox and find a delightful surprise. Mixed in with the bills and junk mail is a beautiful…

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A Tragic Chapter in Christian Missions

February 15, 2019 | Ryan Hoselton

In Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World, Katherine Gerbner, assistant professor of history at the University of Minnesota, debunks a common myth: that early 18th-century Protestant missionaries to the New World laid the foundations for later abolitionism. The dark reality is that many of them helped form a pro-slavery ideology that for decades would be used to defend the compatibility of Christianity and slaveholding. From ‘Protestant Supremacy’ to ‘Christian Slavery’ Gerbner’s argument traces three historical steps in the transition from the belief in “Protestant supremacy” to a full-fledged defense of “Christian slavery.” Along the way, she shows…

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