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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Can Complementarian Fathers Raise Strong Women? What I'm Teaching My Daughter

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I believe the Scriptures teach that in the marriage relationship, wives should submit themselves to the leadership of their husbands, as h...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The Future of Pastoral Ministry: Are we Really Up to This?

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I spent this morning with a colleague working on the contours of a potential Doctor of Ministry program for Maryland pastors, and among ot...
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Friday, March 15, 2013

Rise Up Church! The Battle Against Modern-Day Slavery

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The down-side of popular legislation in the United States is that, after its passed, too many Americans believe the law by itself took car...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Send the Whole Body; Change the Whole World, Starting with You!

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I'm grateful to serve a network of churches that believes our calling is global as well as local.  For many decades in my denomination...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Tim Tebow and the Irony of Gnats and Camels

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On the surface, the narrative seems simple and clear.  A church that has faithfully proclaimed the Gospel for many decades is taken to t...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

How Far Have we Really Come? The Naivete of Progressive History

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The task of "assuming," to recall a popular phrase too crude to repeat here, usually makes all parties out to look rather foolish....
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Asking the Right Questions:: Christians and Boy Scouts of America

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If you have been living under a rock for the past 20 years, you may be unaware that in that time--a bit less than the time span of a singl...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Who are "Evangelicals?"

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Over the past few weeks, and more particularly in reference to discussions regarding sexual ethics, Evangelical Christians have made the n...
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Dr. Joel Rainey is an imperfect, but growing follower of Jesus Christ, husband to Amy, father of three, and Lead Pastor at Covenant Church, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He serves on the adjunct faculty of two seminaries, and the author of three books.
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