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Word&Way News: Sept. 29
Here’s the weekly roundup from Word&Way. In addition to a review of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy that is free for anyone to read, paid…
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Word&Way
Profits Versus Prophets
The piece below first ran as the cover essay for the March 2021 issue of our magazine that we’ve been printing since 1896. But we’re publishing it…
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Beau Underwood
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Review & Giveaway: The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy
We generally don’t see root systems. Despite being out of sight, they are critical to the life of an organism. They provide fuel for its growth. They…
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Beau Underwood
Word&Way News: Sept. 22
Here’s the weekly roundup from Word&Way. In addition to a look at the ongoing problem of cluster munitions that is free for anyone to read, paid…
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Word&Way
When Caesar Picks the Sermon Topic
Pastors trying to discern what to preach could look to a variety of sources. They could put together a sermon series with a clever title to cover an…
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Brian Kaylor
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Death Comes in Clusters
In 2021, 9-year-old Soupha was playing with two friends when they picked up a ball to add to their fun. Only it wasn’t a ball. Instead, the Laotian boys…
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Brian Kaylor
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Jeremy Fuzy
Word&Way News: Sept. 15
Here’s the weekly roundup from Word&Way. In addition to a report on church politicking in Mississippi’s gubernatorial race that is free for anyone to…
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Word&Way
‘You Do It To Me’
Sixty years ago Friday (Sept. 15), four Ku Klux Klan members planted 19 sticks of dynamite next to a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama. Inside 16th…
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Brian Kaylor
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Down in Mississippi
Before Elvis Presley became the king of rock ‘n’ roll, he was singing in church and being influenced by sacred music. Now, one of his second cousins…
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Brian Kaylor
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Word&Way News: Sept. 8
Here’s the weekly roundup from Word&Way. Paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at how the Bible is misused by preachers, businesses, and…
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Word&Way
When the Bible Becomes a Prop
Preacher Greg Locke likes to claim he takes the Bible literally. He also seems to have a bit of a literal interpretation of what it means that the…
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Brian Kaylor
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Word&Way News: Sept. 1
Here’s the weekly roundup from Word&Way. In addition to a report on the latest gathering of the ReAwaken America Tour that is free for anyone to read…
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