CT Weekly - July 10, 2014

 July 10, 2014

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After Mars Hill, Will the Multisite Church Movement Grow Up?
More small churches are joining big ones in order to keep their doors open. Can multisite congregations grow without treating congregations as little more than real estate?
Bob Smietana
After two decades of wandering, Evergreen Christian Fellowship had finally come home. Founded in 1990, the 800-member church had met for years in temporary locations. In 2008, they opened their first building—a 30,807-square-foot big-box church in Sammamish, Washington, about a half-hour from downtown Seattle... continue reading >>

Profile Kevin Vanhoozer, Drama King The theologian's career has been about helping Christians play their part in the great divine story. Wesley Hill

Her.meneutics How We Made Too Much of Gender Reclaiming an identity more meaningful than manhood or womanhood. Leslie Leyland Fields, guest writer

Her.meneutics Pastor Exposed as Faithful to Wife of 17 Years Despite the headlines, marital scandals don't define the church. Megan Hill

Book Review Behind the Scenes with Dwight Eisenhower, Billy Graham, and the Makers of American Civil Religion Kevin Kruse shows the surprising origins of "In God We Trust" and other mainstays of public piety.

News Wheaton College May Have to 'Outsource Sin' Court refuses to grant injunction. School must allow federal funding for Plan B, ella, and IUDs. Timothy C. Morgan and Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Culture Matters When Assaulted by Rainbows Should Christians fight avatars with avatars?

Her.meneutics Inside Out: Let Yourself Feel All the Feels Why Christians can embrace Disney-Pixar's affirmation of sadness. Rachel Marie Stone

The Exchange Church Signs of the Week: July 10, 2015 Coke Bottle; Open Seating; Son Shines

Gleanings Pope Apologizes to 'First Evangelicals' for Persecution The Waldensians suffered years of massacre, rape, and pillaging during the Catholic Church's attempt to stomp it out.

The Exchange My Journey to Seeing the Goodness of God in the Gift of Sex: A Theology of Sex and Parenting Francie Winslow stops by the blog to share a fresh perspective for parents on the power of married sex.