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March 28, 2014/
Too many Christians are like chained dogs that have been living on a diet of gun powder and pepper sauce.
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October 31, 2013/
I want to finish strong not because of a misguided desire to be remembered fondly or eulogized meaningfully or quoted positively.
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October 5, 2013/
We've lost our grasp on the severity of sin and have forgotten the offense it is to God. As a result we have...
September 13, 2013/
You were slaughtered, and You redeemed people for God by Your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.
July 16, 2013/
People watch Fox News or MSNBC or CNN not because those organizations are the best, most accurate sources of news in all, or...
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June 5, 2013/
This is an ongoing dilemma for all in church leadership as pressure exists to define ministry "growth" or "success" by one metric: numerical...
May 3, 2013/
In the Sawi culture of the time, the highest ideal of manhood was to gain the trust of a man in a neighboring...
May 1, 2013/
In our eyes, we can’t imagine a Christian agency knowingly trafficking children under the guise of “they will be better off in the...
May 1, 2013/
Innumerable online conversations degenerate into shriek-fests with political or moral opponents calling each other names, casting aspersions on motives, questioning an opponent's heritage,...
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March 21, 2013/
Joel Rainey is Executive Director of the Mid-Maryland Baptist Association. He is on the adjunct faculty of two seminaries, and the author of...
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Hi, I'm Marty Duren
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.