The Vapidity of Pop Spirituality
My Audible.com subscription offers free audio for “finding bliss” every day. Out of curiosity—and not in hope of edification—I began to...
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Douglas Groothuis
Nov 27, 20192 min
Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Candidate for the Presidency, on Abortion
“I believe that abortion rights are human rights. I believe that they are also economic rights. And protecting the right of a woman to be...
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Douglas Groothuis
Nov 22, 20195 min
Why I Am an Evangelical Egalitarian
I became an egalitarian through a long study of the issue in the early 1990s. My first wife, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis (1954-2018), led...
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Douglas Groothuis
Nov 14, 20194 min
Losing our Letters
Amazing as it may seem to many of us now, human beings wrote letters to each other before the arrival of electronic mail. My mother did....
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Douglas Groothuis
Oct 18, 20195 min
Tales of Plagiarism
The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. Recorded from the early 17th century, the word...
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Douglas Groothuis
Oct 9, 20191 min
Religious Liberty and the Disintegration of Social Discourse
The following was recorded as part of Millington Baptist Church’s live Underground Sessions event on October 5, 2019. The topic of the...
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Douglas Groothuis
Aug 26, 20196 min
Woodstock Fifty Years On
Woodstock happened a half century ago this month. I mean the rock concert, which was actually not held in Woodstock, but no matter....
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Douglas Groothuis
Aug 23, 20191 min
Another Campaign Season
As we enter another season of political machinations, shouting matches, and incendiary idiocy, consider some meaningless phases that are...
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Douglas Groothuis
Aug 15, 20197 min
The Good News is that Most of the Bad News is Wrong: A Review of The Myth of the Dying Church By Gle
Church leaders can become discouraged, or even desperate, when they hear repeatedly that “the church is in decline” or “we are losing the...
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Douglas Groothuis
Apr 18, 20195 min
What is Cyberspace?
I wrote this essay for a dictionary a few years ago. Despite all the changes in the Internet world, I think it is still pertinent. We...
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Douglas Groothuis
Apr 11, 20195 min
On Audio Books and Paper Books
Let all things be done unto edifying. –1 Corinthians 14:26, KJV Each medium shapes the content it conveys. Or, more memorably, if...
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Douglas Groothuis
Mar 7, 201910 min
What is This Thing Called Love?
Originally posted on 7/13/2015 What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just who can solve its mystery? Why should...
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Douglas Groothuis
Dec 21, 20181 min
Brief Social Commentary: Radio Lab
Public radio has a program called Radio Lab. Today, they took up artificial intelligence. But the form of the program is odd,...
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Douglas Groothuis
Dec 13, 20183 min
Philosophy of Technology in Six Ideas
As I prowl around bookstores, I find a gaggle of books on managing technology overload. One after another fall of the presses and make...
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Douglas Groothuis
Oct 31, 20181 min
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor” Film
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor” is a recent film about Fred “Mr.” Rogers. Mr. Roger’s hosted a long-running children’s program called “Mr....
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Douglas Groothuis
May 10, 20184 min
40 Years of Classroom Stories
While hanging out with some students from Denver Seminary, I recounted some of the funniest and oddest experiences in my many years of...
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Douglas Groothuis
May 4, 20182 min
Movie Thoughts on “God’s Not Dead, 2”
God’s not Dead, 2 (2016) A teacher is accused of proselytizing in the classroom simply because she answered a student’s question about...
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Douglas Groothuis
Apr 26, 20182 min
4 Reasons Why Leaders Should be Readers
Christian leaders need to direct and inspire through their knowledge and character. I here assume you are not reading romance novels or...
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Douglas Groothuis
Mar 8, 20184 min
13 Ways to Live a Thoughtful Life for Christ and His Kingdom
Spiritual formation, becoming more like Jesus Christ in thought and deed, requires a renewed mind (Romans 12:2) that avoids worldliness...
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Douglas Groothuis
Feb 27, 20183 min
5 Truths Billy Graham Taught Us
On Billy Graham Gordon MacDonald, friend and Chancellor of Denver Seminary, mentioned to me that it is likely that few students at my...
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