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Matt Tebbe

Learning to Gospel from Jesus: Beyond Theories and Formulas to Good News that Speaks to our Bad News

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Nijay Gupta

The Lord’s Prayer, A Missional Reading: Our Father in Heaven

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Karina Kreminski

Stop Using The Word Community Unless You Mean It

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Carolyn Custis James

Why Donald Trump is Good for Evangelicals

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Derek Vreeland

Stupid is Repairable: Growing as Thoughtful Followers of Jesus

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Mark Moore

Beautiful Women

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Mandy Smith

A Lenten Prayer for Mr. Trump

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MaryKate Morse

When Male Leadership is Privileged

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David Fitch

Donald Trump: What’s A Christian to Do?

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Bill Walker

Super Tuesday and Christians: A New Political Consciousness for Churches 

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Four Reasons I Stand #withMalala

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Carolyn Custis James

Malala—What is the cost of neglecting our girls?

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Missio Alliance

Theology on Mission #22: “Enjoy The Show”: Worship And Church Planting

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Mandy Smith

When Christians are Culturally Post-Christian

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Dennis R. Edwards

Wasting Our Lives Glorifying Days Long Gone

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Kyle Johnson

Is Non-Violence a Historic Christian Value?

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Kris Beckert

Cross-Breeding and Denominations: The Way Forward?

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Seth Richardson

A Parable for Lent

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Warning: You May Have to Go Through This to Find Grace

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David Fitch

On the Notion of Joining God in the Neighbourhood. Alan Roxburgh’s new book!

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Karen Wilk

Lent: How to Find Freedom the Way that Jesus Did

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Missio Alliance

Theology on Mission #21 Lent: Punishment or Preparation?

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Chris Morton

After Martin Shkreli: Three Ways to Respond to Those Who Offend Us

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Mandy Smith

A Simple, Communal Lent Journey

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MaryKate Morse

Culture and Holiness: Next Steps in the Conversation

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Amy Davis Abdallah

I’m a Woman, and my Church Didn’t Know What To Do With That

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Carolyn Custis James

A Woman on a Mission from God

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Kyuboem Lee

Yes AND No: On Christian Engagement with Other Religions

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Karina Kreminski

Breaking through Evangelicalism’s Culture of Fear

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Mandy Smith

Our “NOT Going Away” Party: Celebrating the Sending and the Staying

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Derek Vreeland

Muslims and Christians: Reframing the “Same God” Debate

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Missio Alliance

Theology On Mission #20: Seeing Another Story

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Mandy Smith

The Leadership Theology We Live

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Doug Paul

The Problematic ‘Creative Class’: When a Generation of Church Planters Only Reach White People

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Tara Beth Leach

When Abortion Suddenly Stopped Making Sense: The Church’s Response

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Ruthie Johnson

[Re]imagining Jesus

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Kris Beckert

Lonely Sunday: Single Christians and the Church’s Opportunity

Featured image for “Contextual Theology: On Doing More than Reflecting on Movies with Bible Verses”
David Fitch

Contextual Theology: On Doing More than Reflecting on Movies with Bible Verses

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Mandy Smith

How it Feels to be an Outsider: Making Abnormal Normal

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MaryKate Morse

Do Large Christian Conferences Really Make a Difference? Reflections on Urbana15

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Missio Alliance

Theology On Mission #19: The De-Radicalization of MLK

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Nijay Gupta

Let 2016 Be the Year of Prayer

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Seth Richardson

A Church-less Mission?

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JR Rozko

Can the (White) Church Hear Rev. King Today?

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Efrem Smith

Revolutionary Love: The Weapon of Choice for Dr. King and the Church

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Marlena Graves

It’s about Jesus: No, I Lied. It’s about Me!

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Missio Alliance

Theology On Mission #18: What Do You Gather Around – Practices Or Ideas?

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Matt Tebbe

Questions: The Pathway to God’s Heart

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David Fitch

The Professor Hawkins Controversy: On Why Wheaton College Has No Business Telling Muslims What They Believe

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Karen Wilk

Taking in the Greatness of God Changes My New Year’s “Plans”

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Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

Following and Worshipping a God of Surprises

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Carolyn Custis James

Watching Spotlight Through Protestant Eyes

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Anthony Brown

What’s Next for the “Missional Conversation?”

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Missio Alliance

Theology On Mission Podcast – The Mission of Preaching: Audio from 2015 Missional Learning Commons

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Karina Kreminski

Mary, Practicing Incarnation and Moving into the Neighborhood

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Derek Vreeland

Leave it to the Wrath of God: An Eschatological Response to Terrorism

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Mandy Smith

Dance for the Healing to Come: The Strange Act of (Literally) Dancing in Lament

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Christopher Breslin

Dear Christian Radio: I Love/Hate You

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Mandy Smith

The Extra Step in the American Gospel: Becoming Bearers of Bad News Before We Can Proclaim the Good

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Kris Beckert

Billboard Christmas