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The fight against inanity

Posted on July 21, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

The struggle I have is that the church can be just as unthinking and un-engaged as the people the author describes in the article. In the church, we have real answers to real questions, but too often the church is the last place where people feel comfortable asking those questions.

Filed Under: Christianity and Culture Tagged With: Gospel, inanity, Light, shining

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