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- The certainty summit
In 1978, a who’s who of conservative evangelical leaders met in Chicago to draft a statement on biblical inerrancy. It would change the course of church and state.
by Liz Charlotte Grant
- In the Bible, gender is not binary
The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
by Julie Faith Parker
- What is the Bible for?
We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on their response in a few sentences.
by various authors
- Confession: I don’t want Trump to go to heaven
Hearing him admit that he might not be first in line at the pearly gates was surreal.
by Brandon Ambrosino
- Please, liberal Christians, read Eugene Peterson
I’m not too proud to beg.
by Katherine Willis Pershey
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