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Relevance and Notoriety

David de Bruyn

November 1, 2017

One of the powerful spells cast over the modern world is the charm of celebrity.…

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Relevance and Intelligibility

David de Bruyn

October 24, 2017

Modern Christian champions of relevance mean many things by the term. One use is the…

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Relevance and Importance

David de Bruyn

October 17, 2017

When some people speak of “making Christianity relevant”, they are referring to demonstrating Christianity’s importance…

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Relevant or Current?

David de Bruyn

October 3, 2017

When some people speak of the importance of relevance, they don’t mean relevance at all.…

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Ten Mangled Words – “Relevant”

David de Bruyn

September 12, 2017

Perhaps one of the great put-downs today is to be told that your church is…

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Without Wax

David de Bruyn

September 7, 2017

To recover the word sincerity from its current mangled form, we might remember some etymology.…

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As Real As I Feel

David de Bruyn

August 30, 2017

An assumption of a generation intoxicated with authenticity is the notion that feelings don’t lie.…

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Sincerity and Profanity

David de Bruyn

August 22, 2017

Many pastors and Christian leaders believe they are purifying Christianity and worship when they remove…

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The Colloquial, the Casual, and the Crafted

David de Bruyn

August 15, 2017

Those who call for ‘authenticity’, ‘realness’, and ‘sincerity’, are not always sure what they mean,…

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What Titus Found in the Most Holy

David de Bruyn

August 6, 2017

When Titus attacked Jerusalem in 66-70 A.D., before ordering the Temple’s destruction, he entered the…

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