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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

The richest places in America all have one thing in common

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/18/the-richest-places-in-america-all-have-one-thing-in-common/

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What the Lying, Cheating Gibeonite League can teach us about all the sermons and blogs that say “the church needs to” or “Christians need to”

Trying To Make Better Christians I have a good portion of my RSS feeds devoted to Christian blogs. An incredible portion of blog posts begin with “Why the church needs to…” “Why Christians need to…” Most Christian writing, preaching, movie … Continue reading →

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A Review of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

http://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/10/solving-the-poor

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Understanding Hitler’s Antisemitism

Bully Pulpit NY Review of Books NPR The Atlantic Hitler is often depicted as the prototypical totalitarian—a man who believed in the superiority of the German state, a German nationalist to the extreme. But according to Snyder, this depiction is … Continue reading →

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Bernie Sanders at Liberty University

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How Liberal Bias has hurt Social Science

Dreher Lack of Political Diversity in Social Science

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African Perspective on the Same Sex Marriage Debate

First Things My first “welcome to America” moment occurred when I invited an imam to my Introduction to Islam class at Columbia Theological Seminary.The imam talked about the basic tenets of Islam for an hour and asserted, among other things, … Continue reading →

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What are the realms where sexual difference matters?

First things: A Sexual or Asexual public square

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Christians Shouldn’t Play the Fear Card on Syrian Refugees

HT Pete VanderBeek http://ryandueck.com/2015/09/16/im-sorry-christian-but-you-dont-get-to-make-that-move/

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Scot McKnight on Near Death Experience Movies

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