Penny Nance and Chelsen Vicari

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  Jul 28, 2015

  3 Reasons Millennials Must Read 'The Colson Way'

  Never heard of Charles "Chuck" Colson? Neither had I until graduate school, a mere five years ago. It was a particularly challenging time in my life.

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  Jul 17, 2015

  Wheaton's Julie Rodgers Resigns, 'Evolving' on Same-Sex Relationships

  Well, that didn't take long. Wheaton's Fall 2014 hire Julie Rodgers, a "gay celibate Christian," has resigned from her post amid her shifting viewpoint on same-sex relationships , as reported by Eric Teetsel, Executive Director of the Manhattan Declaration.

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  Jul 13, 2015

  2016: Why Christians Should Pay Attention to the Upcoming Election

  As the 2016 U.S. presidential election gears up, faith and political leaders are calling on ministers to speak up about the nation's critical issues and encourage their congregations to get politically active.

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  Jun 30, 2015

  Gay Marriage Is Legal: Now What, Church?

  It isn't necessary to rehash last Friday. You know what happened. Like many, many others across the nation you too are jolting along a roller-coaster ride of emotions.

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  Jun 12, 2015

  Justice Conference Addresses Church's 'White Supremacy' Problem

  Several prominent political and religious leaders challenged the Church to shed its institutional "white privilege" and exercise a "restraint of [white] power" at an influential gathering of 2,500 mostly young Evangelicals in Chicago June 5-6.

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  Jun 4, 2015

  The Duggar's, Bruce 'Caitlyn' Jenner and the Problem with Celebrity Seeking

  Famous figures Josh Duggar and Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner have captured the nation's headlines. Duggar's molestation of his sisters and a babysitter during his childhood is discovered. Jenner's transition from one gender identity to another is revealed.

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  May 22, 2015

  Want to Attract Millennials? Assemblies of God Leader Offers What Not to Do

  George O. Wood, the general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, does not believe the Presbyterian Church and the Episcopal Church are dying congregations because their worship sets clash with Millennial preferences

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  May 19, 2015

  The Culture's War on Christian Women

  Have you ever found yourself agitated with evangelical women's Bible studies, ladies' conferences and coffee devotionals? I did.

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  May 6, 2015

  Liberal Evangelicalism In New York City

  Chelsen Vicari serves as the Evangelical Program Director for the Institute on Religion and Democracy. Thousands of tourists, complete with fanny packs and crumpled city maps, walk in and out of New York City's monumental churches along their travel route. Their quick trips often miss the history behind the city's oldest church buildings.

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  Apr 30, 2015

  Evangelicals, Catholics, and Vandals

  Last year, I talked to you about a very personal issue highlighting several areas of common ground that our Christian communities share when it comes to the harmful effects of contraception and areas where we can share in the benefits of Natural Family Planning.