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When a pastor kills himself there is always speculation about secret sins (addictions, affairs, and the like), but I suspect--absent...
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When a pastor kills himself there is always speculation about secret sins (addictions, affairs, and the like), but I suspect--absent...

Guests do not know who is a guest and who is regular. The range of guests' emotions goes from happiness...

I personally am not a grammar cop, nor do I play one on TV, but I have a lot of...
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Abortion is no more about a woman's reproductive rights than Charles Manson's infatuation with The Beatles was about music appreciation.
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Primarily I hope to contrast the major storyline departures of the movie with the Noah narrative in the Old Testament...
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Too many Christians are like chained dogs that have been living on a diet of gun powder and pepper sauce.

"Let your light so shine that people may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" is still...

Lecrae, Francis Chan and Mercy Me's Bart Millard are all great sports as they learn to speak Northern Irish from...

This is what I have discovered: there is no single best era for music. There is great music--not just good...

Some Obamacare haters may find this a reason to avoid Breaking Bad and hate Obamacare even more.
I’m Marty Duren, a freelance writer, content creator, podcaster, and publisher in Nashville, TN. I guess that makes me an entrepreneur-of-all-trades. Formerly a social media strategist at a larger publisher, comms director at a religious nonprofit, and a pastor, Marty Duren Freelance Writing is the new business iteration of a decade-long side-hustle.
I host the Uncommontary Podcast which publishes weekly. Guests range from academics to authors to theologians to activists on subjects related to history, current events, and the impact of evangelicalism on American life. My voice is deep-fried giving rise to being labeled “a country Batman.” Find Uncommontary in your favorite podcast app.
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