Dealing with Morally Questionable Issues: Or “Where’s the Beef?” – Tal Davis

Forty years ago, Wendy’s Hamburgers had a TV ad in which an old woman pulled up to a drive-in window at a fast-food restaurant. She looks at the burger they give her and cries out, “Where’s the beef?!” Meat, of course, is a normal part of our diet (though some…
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How to Deal with Doubts about Faith

The Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) is a nonprofit organization affiliated with Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. They do research and create Christian resources geared specifically for teenagers and young adults. Their goal is to help churches better equip their youth, and help the young people themselves to be strengthened…
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False Teachings in Church Are Not Limited to the New Testament Era

Dr. Jon Paul Sydnor is a professor of theology and religious studies at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. Additionally, he is theologian-in-residence at Grace Community (also in Boston), and a podcaster at The Progressive Sacred. He studied theology at the University of Virginia, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Boston College where…
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The Serious Problem of Christian Deconstruction

Are you familiar with the concept of religious deconstruction? No? Well, are you aware of the fact that 70% ~ 90% of young people leave the church when they leave high school? Or what about the statistic that when churches reopened after the COVID lockdowns, over 20 million people basically…
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When Justice is Racist

The controversy over “wokeness” has been a very prominent part of modern society throughout the last several years. In recent times, it emerged with a vengeance with the #MeToo movement. This really took off with the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal where women, at a grassroots level, began to push…
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You Really Think it Couldn’t Happen Here?

America’s next door neighbor, Canada, seems like it ought to be a free democratic country, pretty much like America. It might surprise you that it is not. When Canada was first colonized, there was a very strong Christian presence. Over the years, that Christian presence strengthened profoundly. As late as…
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The Common Denominator – Part 2 – Tal Davis

What do all the following famous TV and movie stars all have in common? Tom Cruise; Jennifer Lawrence; Tom Hanks; Meryl Streep; Robert Duval; Cate Blanchett; Morgan Freeman; Viola Davis; Harrison Ford; Glenn Close; Will Smith; Angelina Jolie; Dustin Hoffman; Faye Dunaway; Denzel Washington; Natalie Portman; Brad Pitt; Nicole Kidman;…
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The Common Denominator – Part 1 – Tal Davis

What do the following famous TV and movie stars all have in common? John Wayne; Steve McQueen; Marilyn Monroe; Bob Newhart; Johnny Carson; Lucille Ball; Mary Tyler Moore; Don Knotts; Doris Day; Paul Walker; Carrie Fisher; Suzanne Somers; Roy Scheider; Heath Ledger; Elvis Presley; Peter Boyle; Brittany Murphy; Leonard Nimoy;…
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