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View MoreFormer President Jimmy Carter has entered the throng of the heavenly Zion. I’m pretty sure my grandmother—Bigmama—will find a way to snap a selfie with him. In my early teens, Bigmama and I would spar every time the evening news came on. A dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and Southern Baptist, she was ever at Mr. Carter’s defense. [...]
Love of the tender virgin mother,
Be Thou the love of all my heart.
Came as a babe to be my brother,
Pay for my sin, and heav’n impart.
Love of the tender virgin mother,
Be Thou the love of all my heart. [...]
“Long lay the world in sin and error pining, 'til He appeared and the soul felt its worth.” These lines from “O Holy Night,” first put to paper in 1847 by the French poet Placide Cappeau, seem to resonate a little more deeply each year I sing them. [...]
The Christmas holiday is a swirl of tinsel, market capitalism, cookie sheets, and, if Andy Williams is to be believed, “scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.” Yet, many of the attractions of the holiday [...]
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I was blessed with a grandfather who modeled a life that represented an impeccably well-ordered hierarchy of loves. Jasper N. Dorsey (1913–1990), whom we all called “Papa,” was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, friend, churchman, patriot, and public servant. He was the most honorable man I have ever known. [...]
In this essay, I want to make the case that disciple-making belongs exclusively to the church, because disciples are made by God alone through the liturgy—the ministry of word and sacrament in gathered worship. Liturgy is discipleship; discipleship is liturgical. [...]
Holly Pivec and R. Douglas Geivett are apologists and recognized experts on the New Apostolic Reformation movement. I first met Holly and Doug in 2018 when I was publisher for Lexham Press. We had recently acquired the rights to their first two books on the dangers of this movement. [...]
Vol.33, No.6, Nov/Dec 2024
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