History
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Faith
The Bible’s Development Is a Messy Story, but It Can Bolster Our Faith
What does history have to do with faith? Everything. As Paul attests in 1 Corinthians 15, Christ died. He was…
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Faith
Reading the Bible With Women
Several years ago, I was invited to write the notes for a new women’s study Bible. The project was unexpected…
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Life Style
World’s oldest lipstick found — in a country that once banned makeup
Such timeless beauty. Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest physical form of lipstick in southeastern Iran. The hand-carved stone vial,…
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Faith
Mamie Johnston: A Brave Missionary in Manchuria
In 1923, 26-year-old Mamie Johnston (韩悦恩, Han Yue-en) was sent by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, under the sponsorship of…
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Wang Zhiming: Miao Martyr Memorialized in Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey in London, the exclusive chapel of the British royal family, has served as the site for the coronation…
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Faith
Big, Big Market: Why CCM Filled ’80s and ’90s Homes
Recent histories, documentaries, and devotionals prompt fans to look back—and perhaps learn some lessons—from the genre’s heyday. The kids and…
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Faith
‘God & Country’ Preaches to the Choir
Heave an egg out a Pullman window,” social critic H. L. Mencken famously said in 1925, “and you will hit…
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Tech
Teacher praised for playing video game in class as history lesson
Talk about an A for effort. A middle school teacher is being praised online for using a widely popular historical-fiction…
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Business
Target pulls Black History Month book that mislabeled African-American icons
Target swiftly yanked a children’s book from its Black History Month display after a customer noticed that it mislabeled Black…
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Faith
The Half-Truths We’ve Told About MLK
As the white editors of Christianity Today surveyed Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent civil disobedience on behalf of civil rights…
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