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Whoever has reflected on the relationship between scripture and doctrine will appreciate the following dilemma: a searching soul wants answers to existential questions about God,
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I picked up Emily Henry’s Beach Read a couple of years ago when I found out she was a fellow Hope College alum, and there
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory is a sequel of sorts to Tim Alberta’s 2019 book American Carnage: the first covered the Trumpian takeover
I love the season of Lent. It is long, reflective, and pulls us to a sturdy grounding of mortality and brokenness in order that we
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