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Q&A: Douglas Wilson on ‘Evangellyfish’

Published February 22, 2012

Best known for his nonfiction books of theology, Christian living, and education, Pastor Douglas Wilson of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, has written a raucous and ribald novel of manners about a megachurch pastor embroiled in a sex scandal. Bearing…

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How can we stand together?

Published November 17, 2011

It seems there are three ways to approach ecumenism. 1. The nice approach The first is to look at the differences between ourselves and dismiss them, even the big ones. Don’t believe in the virgin birth or the resurrection? No…

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The bastard child of Christian love

Published November 16, 2011

If you follow the conversations and events of our day, it’s clear that our contemporary culture values agreeableness over truth. Christians have fallen for this as well because the greatest Christian virtue is love, and love is patient, kind, etc….

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Defending absolutes? Absolutely and humbly

Published November 10, 2011

In our culture today, to believe in — much less confess and defend — absolutes is deemed arrogant. To insist that something is one way and not another provokes charges of egotism, presumption, and superiority. That’s tricky for Christians because…

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The cult of agreeableness

Published November 9, 2011

Joel Osteen’s disturbing inability to say that Mormonism is something other than Christian reflects a particular affliction from which our culture suffers. I’m not sure what to call it other than the cult of agreeableness, a widespread tendency to avoid…

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