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Healing Fractured Communities: An In-Depth Interview with Doug Powe and Jessica Anschutz

Healing Fractured Communities: An In-Depth Interview with Doug Powe and Jessica Anschutz

How can congregational leaders be healers and agitators at the same time? In this in-depth interview, Doug Powe and Jessica Anschutz reflect on the new book Healing Fractured Communities and the stories of pastoral leaders engaged in the work of renewal, resilience, and resistance in congregations, on college campuses, and in communities.  Listen to this […]

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AI and Church Answers: Full Disclosure

AI and Church Answers: Full Disclosure

Note: This article is original. None of it is AI-generated. (You will understand why I led with this disclaimer later in the article.) Adding to the conversation about AI (artificial intelligence) is a challenge. There is a ton of information available now. Frankly, I don’t know how much of the information about AI is AI-generated…

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Is Rev. 14:9-11 speaking of torment after death, or of torment while they are still living?

Is Rev. 14:9-11 speaking of torment after death, or of torment while they are still living?

Isa. 9:18-21,

"18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the LORD of ho…

In the Book of Revelation, does soul (psyché) describe the immaterial portion of human beings that survive death?

In the Book of Revelation, does soul (psyché) describe the immaterial portion of human beings that survive death?

The word “soul” in Revelation 6:9 is often interpreted as referring to the immaterial portion of human beings that survives death. The Greek word psuché is found seven times in the Book of Revelation. Quoted from the NASB:

“The souls (psu…

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