
A while back the suggestion was made on the use of “smokin’ hot wife” as a descriptor of one’s spouse....

A while back the suggestion was made on the use of “smokin’ hot wife” as a descriptor of one’s spouse....
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I'm not implying we should not talk about sex; more than ever we should. But the markers have been moved.
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Victims are often thrown into such ghastly oppression at 13 years old. Some are abducted outright, while others are lured...

I spent about an hour at Lowe's one night thinking through the cheapest way to accomplish the upside-down garden without...

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It is not necessary, I do not think, to reconcile every evil event with an equal and opposite work of...

Followers of Christ must be more consistent in our ethics of war as understood in the context of God's kingdom....

As the explosion happened at the Boston Marathon: Image source: https://twitter.com/Boston_to_a_T/status/323871088532668416/photo/1

How often do we question the story of another's experience with God because it does not perfectly match our own?...

The attention before, during and since her trial is Everest in comparison to the anthill of coverage given Gosnell. And,...
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.
Missional Press publishes books by Christian writers with the goal of impacting people with the good news of Jesus.
I’m a longtime blogger at Kingdom in the Midst, where, over the course of many years, I’ve written a lot of words.
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