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Elections
often call attention to white evangelicals whose votes and voices play a
significant role in national elections. But their attitudes and values
don’t necessarily represent those of evangelicals from different racial
and ethnic backgrounds.
Case in point: Latino evangelicals. According ...
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Jesus’
parables aren’t just stories to be read; they are meant to read us.
Parables aren’t meant to affirm our rightness and everyone else’s
wrongness. They can sneak past our personal armor to show us a better
way to be. They can hold up a mirror (“Oh no, I’m the ...
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| The Embodied Church in a Digital Age
Should we cheer or moan when online churches perform virtual baptisms?
Kara Bettis
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Virtual
Reality Church’s first baptism took place in a 3D house with an
underground pool and a massive billboard overhead proclaiming “A Special
Baptism and Communion service.” Alina Delp, 46—portrayed as a purple,
robot-like avatar—stood submerged in the water while Pastor D. J. Soto
proclaimed her new life in Christ and her sins washed away. When her
avatar floated to the surface, dozens of congregants and family members
cheered, their avatars sending heart and clap ...
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