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Culture and Context

What Is Advent? And Why Is It Important for Believers?

Logos Staff1 month ago

What is Advent? Advent is a season in the church calendar that spans the four weeks leading up to...

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Spiritual Formation

Overwhelmed by Parenting Advice? These 7 Ancient Virtues Can Help

Wyatt Graham1 month ago

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Culture and Context

Fleming Rutledge on the Promise and Purpose of Advent

Jennifer Grisham4 weeks ago

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Bible Technology

From Data to Discernment: Why AI Can’t Replace Cultivating of Wisdom

Brett McCracken5 months ago

Liturgy & Worship

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Ministry Practical Theology

Life Together, Confession Together: Why Churches Need Corporate Confession

Elliot Ritzema10 months ago

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Practical Theology Spiritual Formation

Liturgy as Gospel: My Journey Toward Christ-Centered Worship

Elyse Fitzpatrick1 month ago

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Ministry Practical Theology

Is Your Church Liturgy Political? Worship as Politics

Casey Bedell1 month ago

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Bible Technology

It’s Not What You Think: Exposing the Limits of Technology

Eli Evans2 months ago16 min read

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Bible Technology Higher Ed

Should Christian Higher Ed Be Worried About AI?

David Kotter1 month ago12 min read

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Bible Technology

Redeeming Technology: How Technology Fits into God’s Story

Phil Gons2 months ago13 min read

An image of a robotic figure thinking to represent AI and its limits on wisdom.

Bible Technology

From Data to Discernment: Why AI Can’t Replace Cultivating of Wisdom

Brett McCracken5 months ago14 min read

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Bible Technology

A Theology of AI by a Bible Software Nerd

Mark Ward8 months ago19 min read

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Bible Technology

Will There Be Roombas in Heaven? Rethinking AI, Work & Time

John Dyer4 months ago14 min read

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Bible Technology Church Technology

How Should We Think About AI & Bible Study?

Mark Barnes7 months ago14 min read

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Ministry Preaching

10 Unexpected Christmas Sermon Ideas Worth Using—and More

Logos Staff2 weeks ago

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Ministry Practical Theology

Leading with Repentance: On Pastoring Between Pew and Politics

John Haralson1 month ago

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Biblical Languages Preaching

Pastor, Are You Making These Common Lexical Mistakes?

JoAnna Hoyt2 months ago

Reading Nook

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Culture and Context

7 Prayers of Thanksgiving for Family, Friends & the Gift of Grace

Jennifer Grisham2 weeks ago

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Practical Theology

How Should Christians Approach a Fraught Election?

Eugene Cho2 months ago

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Culture and Context

How Christian Feast Days Help Sync Our Calendars with God’s

Mark Brians2 weeks ago

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Church History

The First Best-Selling Bible: A Reformation Story

Jennifer Powell McNutt1 month ago

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Church History Theology

Black Political Theology: An Anti-oppression Faith

Malcolm Foley2 months ago

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Theology

Are Anglicans & Episcopalians the Same? Understanding Their Similarities & Differences

Mark Brians3 weeks ago

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Church History

What Is Pentecostalism? Its Origin, Groups & 7 Key Elements

Ryan LyttonNovember 1, 2023

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Church History

What Is Lutheranism? Its History, Distinctives & Key Thinkers

Robert KolbNovember 15, 2023

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A blue background with golden circles on a timeline illustrates the concept of predestination.

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Church History Theology

What Is Predestination? A Biblical, Historical & Theological Overview

Steven Wedgeworth4 months ago

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Church History Ministry

Women in Acts: Women’s Role in the Birth of the Church

Elyse Fitzpatrick4 months ago

Henry Highland Garnet, one of the Black theologians highlighted in the article

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Culture and Context

6 Black Theologians from Church History You Should Know

Jennifer Grisham10 months ago

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Culture and Context

Lost in Translation: How to Speak about Sin in a “Sinless” World

Michael F. Bird5 months ago

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Practical Theology Theology

Bioethics from Embryo to Deathbed: Right, Wrong, and Healthcare

Sandra GlahnSeptember 12, 2023

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Theology

The Christological Character of Typological Reading

Alastair Roberts6 months ago

An image depicting a fish drawing on a piece of paper being divided into four separate fish images with arrows symbolizing the concepts of division and multiplication as mentioned in the Bible.

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Theology

Dividing to Multiply: God’s Pattern of Creation across the Canon

Mark Brians6 months ago

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Ministry Theology

What Is Absolution? Is It the Same as Forgiveness?

Benjamin Fischer11 months ago

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Church History Theology

Ecclesiology: What Do We Believe about the Church?

Christopher Kou7 months ago

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Biblical Languages Higher Ed

Exegetical Crises of Faith: 12 Tips for Struggling Students & Professors

JoAnna Hoyt9 months ago

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Bible Study Culture and Context

Parousia: What the New Testament Says about the Second Coming

James HamiltonNovember 30, 2023

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Church History Theology

Heaven Invades Earth: Understanding the Symbolism & Purpose of the Tabernacle

Wyatt Graham5 months ago

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