August 21, 2015/
Repentance is one of God's good gifts. It is His goodness that leads us to it. It is the way of escape from...
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July 15, 2015/
Long have Christians hoped and longed for Planned Parenthood to be closed, or at the least, severely curtailed. We must ask ourselves, just...
July 13, 2015/
Why should we be cautious about first impressions? They can be deceiving. Why should we be cautious about outward appearances? Because things are...
July 10, 2015/
Even though humans retain the image of God, the image is distorted, marred. In sin, not perfection, do our mothers conceive us.
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July 8, 2015/
Faithfully teach the Word, for it has the power, and do not believe enemy lies that will haunt your soul and hollow your...
July 6, 2015/
Matthew 7:1 is sometimes shortened to "Judge not," as if that clears things up. It's a meme for theological fragmentation.
June 24, 2015/
I don't need an objectionable banner to remind me that I'm Southern, or what Southern culture is like. I have a country, the...
June 23, 2015/
All Christians fail in some way or another. Anyone claiming sinlessness is suspect morally, and lying actually.
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June 13, 2015/
Jesus was not creating a 1st century guide for international tourism, like a scroll-bound Fodor's.
June 5, 2015/
Sometimes a casual bystander to an online riot may wonder whether the love part exists even in secret.
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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.