Category: North American Mission & Ministries
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Cherokee People, God’s People
For these next few days I get to spend some time at the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, preparing for a mission trip a team from our church will be again taking this Summer. I have come to love our work in Cherokee and look forward both to opportunities to go over the mountain…
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Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics – An Interview
I am not a fan of Diane Rehm, by any measure. Not only do I find her views unpalatable, her voice grates my ears. But as I was driving to an appointment today I clicked the NPR preset on my JEEP radio and in the matter of seconds had my attention arrested by the discussion…
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5 Causes of the Decline of the American Church
Previewing Ross Douthat’s new book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, which hit bookstore shelves yesterday, Tim Keller draws five observations about the causes of decline in the American Church. As Keller notes: In his second chapter, Douthat attributes the change to five major social catalysts that have gained steam since the…
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Faith in America: Not What it Used to Be?
I appreciate the perspective of this editorial from the March 12, 2009 Kingsport Times-News. The editor integrates both history and contemporary polling data. It eschews any alarmist inclinations and refutes any distorted notions that America was a distinctively Christian country upon it’s founding. I think this perspective is helpful. I am especially hopeful that it will help in preventing Christians from mistaking…
