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Editorial John Ortberg and the Pitfalls of Pastoral Discernment When we consent to our calling as ministers of the gospel, we assent to be public imitators of all it proclaims. Daniel Harrell The Lesser Kingdom The Old Testament Calls Out Cancel Culture The Bible features flawed characters called to do the will of the Lord. Bonnie Kristian Quick to Listen | 56 min COVID-19 Will Change Christian Summer Camp Forever Coronavirus has closed some camps for good. It’s made it harder for the rest of them to survive. Morgan Lee Book Review An Attack on Faith-Based Exemptions Is an Attack on the Founders’ Vision A historian’s “intentionally provocative” account of religious liberty in America leaves too little room for claims of conscientious dissent. 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