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Terry Mattingly's Rational Sheep
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Mar 1, 2024
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Crossroads -- Faith and the top college QBs
Remarkable young players often turn out (#triggerwarning) to be believers
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When celebrities face real-life issues
Jay Leno and the pain-joy of marriage, dementia and "for better or for worse"
Jan 14
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Guilt: The screens-life reality for many parents
Truth is, there's no easy way to avoid tensions and conflicts about these devices
Jan 12
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Thinking about Ozzy and Southern Baptists
A meditation on the Prince of Darkness was top Baptist Press story of 2025
Jan 11
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Crossroads -- The New York Times listened to Erika Kirk
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It happened again: Why edit "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Dec 29, 2025
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Crossroads -- Exploring the ongoing Wheaton College wars
Feb 21, 2025
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Crossroads -- Young men are flocking into pews
Sep 27, 2024
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Crossroads -- Yancey is an "evangelical," but what kind?
The popular writer was a major force at Christianity Today and in Christian academia
Jan 9
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Merry Christmas to the NBA's brightest star
Does it matter that many athletes, like Nikola Jokić, are Christian believers?
Jan 7
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One of the painful mysteries of social media
What does it mean when a writer digs deep in print, yet draws little response?
Jan 5
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Thinking about conspiracy theory theories
Help! tmatt needs URL for a tweetstorm on (accurate) conspiracy theories
Jan 4
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Bonus podcast: It's true -- some churches are growing
And this is true: Many others -- often in the same denominations -- are shrinking
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Yes, kids, there is a Saint Nicholas
Was I a Grinch when I told our children that the saint was the real deal?
Dec 31, 2025
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It happened again: Why edit "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Maybe churches should encourage the faithful to dig deeper into this parable
Dec 29, 2025
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