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My Gideon Bible

My mother was notorious for it: checking out of a hotel with an item or two more than she checked in with. Years later, the contents of our drawers, countertops, and clothes closets bear witness to her souvenir-collecting. We have wooden coat hangers labeled “Property of the Pullman Company,” a . . . . Continue Reading »

God's Wrath

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass” (1 Sam. 15:3). The question of divine violence in the Old Testament is hardly a new one for Christians. Non-Christian opponents and . . . . Continue Reading »

A Whole New World?

Not enough emphasis is placed on the Protestant commentary market gap where incisive cultural analysis and neighborly love intersect, and cultural falsehoods are clearly exposed for what they are. Continue Reading »

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