
A pastor I once heard said When I first started preaching I preached a sermon entitled, “Ten Surefire Ways to Raise Godly Kids.”...

A pastor I once heard said When I first started preaching I preached a sermon entitled, “Ten Surefire Ways to Raise Godly Kids.”...

“I could never look like that.” –A million teen aged girls A dangerous reality in Western civilization is the temptation of young girls...

For Christian culture warriors everywhere, May 9, 2012, will be a date that lives in infamy. In an interview with ABC News President...

One of my favorite poems is ‘The Second Coming,’ by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Wikipedia notes: The poem uses Christian imagery...

I have never heard of Jesse Lee Peterson before today. I hope I never hear from him again. While he points out that...

We have become the Third World with a government that is corrupt, abusive, intrusive, belligerent and unbiblical.

In Jim Collins’ leadership classic Good to Great many people were introduced to two concepts: the bus and Level 5 Leaders. Collins explained...
A great resource for inexpensive, short ministry videos themed around holidays is Igniter Media. The popular Social Media Christmas video that made the...

Thanks for hanging in there to read this far! If you are just finding this, you can start at the beginning by going...
I expect future broadcasts of VH1 will feature, “Where Are They Now? Virtually Every American Idol Contestant.” I’m not sure any television show...
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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