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We live in a culture of relentless self-optimization.  On the one hand, we are told to be ourselves, that no one is quite like us, that the world needs our

Continue reading“The Tyranny of the Ideal Woman” : A Conversation w/ Laura Batstone

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What is being revealed about our world and ourselves at this particular cultural moment? Many have evoked the language of the End Times and the apocalyptic in light of the

Continue readingThis is the Apocalypse: A Conversation with Rev. Hayden Butler on the Church’s Witness and the World’s Last Night

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K-12 education has been disrupted at an unprecedented scale this year. Few options facing parents are straightforward or reliable or without obvious drawbacks. Virtual, in-person, hybrid? Parents are stressed, some

Continue reading“Children are Born Persons”: A Conversation w/ Beth Young on Children, Education, and the Philosophy of Charlotte Mason

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There really is no hyperbole left.  Evangelicalism is in its death-throes.  We have lost moral credibility with our neighbors.  We have lost intellectual credibility with our neighbors.  And yet we

Continue readingThe Crisis of Evangelicalism: A Conversation w/ Dr. Mark Labberton, President of Fuller Seminary

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We’re baaaaack! Almost. Next week we officially launch Season 2 of the pod. The following week I launch the FBWL Newsletter (https://davewoods.substack.com/welcome). And it couldn’t arrive soon enough. The world

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The ones who will resist the spreading darkness of this historical moment and endure to the end… will be hobbits.  In Part 2 of our final episode, John and I

Continue readingOn Hobbits and the Ring of Power: Part 2 of the Final Episode

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Are you a person or a brand? Is political ideology at the core of your identity, or is Christ? Our current historical moment has revealed something that has been obvious

Continue readingPolitics and Personhood: Part 1 of the Final Episode

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“We can’t let such an inevitable thing as death stand in the way of enjoying life while we have it.”  Here, my friends, is the stunning conclusion to F. Scott

Continue readingAn American Dream: The Conclusion of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz”

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Behold, a free audiobook from me to you.  I present Part 1 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.”  A truly American dream.

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What if this historical moment is a turning point not only for ordinary life but for the Christian church? What if losing our normal freedom to conduct church as we

Continue readingThe Church that Will Remain: A 5-Point Manifesto for the Church Moving Forward