Debate on conversion-therapy ban postponed amid growing pubic outcry: Bill had been scheduled for consideration in California Senate last Thursday|
How the earliest evangelicals struggled to leave their imprint on emerging trends in science, law, and culture.
Robert W. Caldwell III
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The more often people go, the more likely they are to invite someone to come along.
Bob Smietana - Facts & Trends
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America’s Protestants like to invite their friends to church.
At least once in a while.
Nearly
two-thirds of Protestant churchgoers say they’ve invited at least one
person to visit their church in the past six months, according to a new
report from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.
“It’s ...
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Hundreds of thousands of Russians have heard the gospel during the month-long soccer tournament. It is just the beginning.
Griffin Paul Jackson
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Even
as Russia’s national soccer team was eliminated from its own World Cup
last week, concluding a surprisingly strong run at the globe’s biggest
soccer tournament, the country’s Protestants have made their own mark on
this year’s Cup. They have high hopes to see their striking ...
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Theology
Can Preachers Make an Impact in a Post-Christian World?
Herman Bavinck’s advice to 19th century pastors still holds true today.
James Eglinton
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In
post-Christian Britain—a culture where few people listen to any kind of
public speaking, sacred or secular—Rev. Michael Curry’s royal wedding
sermon succeeded in capturing the public imagination in a way that few
had expected. For many Brits, the royal wedding’s most unexpected
outcome was that a sermon, of all things, could spark a national
conversation on race. “Who would have thought,” the response went, “that
preaching could actually be engaging?” ...
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| A Degree of Contention at Christian Schools
Rise of honorary degrees raises concern about misuse of “Dr.” in ministry.
Kate Shellnutt
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What do figures as wide-ranging as Billy Graham, Rick and Kay Warren, Fred Rogers, and Donald Trump have in common?
All have been awarded honorary doctorates by Christian colleges.
Each
spring, another batch of distinguished guests receives these symbolic
degrees. Among others this year, outgoing World Vision president Rich
Stearns was granted an honorary doctorate of divinity from Gordon
College; Tim Keller, an honorary doctorate from Westminster Theological
Seminary; and comedian Jamie Foxx, an ...
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On the turning away From the pale and downtrodden And the words they say Which we won't understand "Don't accept that...
