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Essays on Culture

The Latin terms sola gratia, sola fides, sola scriptura, solus Christus, and soli Deo gloria describe concepts that stood at the center of Protestant theological and polemical writings in the

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One of the most challenging summers of my childhood involved a prolonged visit with my cousins. Both boys, slightly older than myself, made it their personal mission to torment me.

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The situation with Bishop Budde pleading with Donald Trump in her sermon last week to show mercy reminded me of a story from my past. The story is from over

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I am going to say something controversial, “Republicans can’t be Christians.” To the vast majority of Christians, I just said something unthinkable, especially if one is of the evangelical stripe

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A few years ago, the NBC TV show The Office was all the rage. Despite it seeming like everyone I knew was watching it, I couldnโ€™t. It wasnโ€™t that I

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This photo really has nothing to do with this article other than it is a really compelling image of young and old. I grew up in a small Southern Baptist

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I remember exactly where I stood when the newscaster called the presidential election of 1980 for Ronald Reagan. I was excited and greatly relieved. I remember letting out a deep

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Dear Dad, You went to be with Jesus 10 years ago. In honor of a decade of the best 10 years of your existence, I wanted to give you an

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If Donald Trump ever decided to start a church, it might look strikingly like many of Americaโ€™s megachurches, many of which proved instrumental to his election. Picture this: a sprawling

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My faith is Orthodox Christianity. The life that led me to it was hardly orthodox (small o), nor was it anything special. Perhaps even less so is the world I

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When I was in middle school, my family moved to a new town over an hour away from my childhood home. I don’t remember wanting to move, but my parents

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November 5th, 2024, started like a normal Tuesday, teaching classes to 18-22 year-olds. I then voted and returned to the office for the rest of the day. That evening, my

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