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Post-Christian Atheists for Christmas

In an article entitled “An Atheist Can Believe in Christmas,” Randy Kennedy asks how some prominent atheists are (or are not) celebrating the holidays.  It turns out that Sam Harris…

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New Welsh Carol

Our own Derek Thomas and Dr. Paul Jones (an Alliance Council member who serves organist and music director at Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church) have collaborated on a new Christmas carol. …

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The Man from George Street, Part 6

Coming back to London, the minister stopped outside Atlanta, Georgia, to speak at a naval chaplain’s convention. And when his three days of revving these naval chaplains up—over a thousand of them,…

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The Gym of the Soul

“The more I go to church, and the more I turn myself over the process of believing in Jesus and listening to His Word and having Him guide my hand,…

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Mount Hood Video

Frank James is a good friend from my Oxford days and I grieve for the loss he has suffered.  Lisa’s family lost a beloved husband, father, brother, and son in a…

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Quote of the Day

“Monotheistic religions that lay claim to the one and only possible truth are doomed by their very nature to end up in conflict. The only way out is to free…

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The Man from George Street, Part 5

“Now this London preacher flew back to the UK and was speaking at the Keswick Convention in the Lake District. And he threw in these three testimonies. At the close…

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Try This at Home

So that’s what I’ve been suffering from all these years: Irritable Clergy Syndrome!  I wonder if that diagnosis may prove useful with all the people who have to put up…

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Further Correction

The story about “The Man from George Street” is not from a New Zealander at all, but from David Smethurst of Australia.  A friend from Tenth Church says the clip…

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Faith, Works, and the Church

My colleage Aaron Messner concluded his sermon series on Titus on Sunday night, and his comments on Paul’s closing appeal to do good works are well worth sharing: “If God…