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Social Media and the Believer

Jeff Carson2022-04-19T14:55:13+00:00 In 1974, our family table was the place where all the big things on the planet were discussed. In a vibrant Evangelical home, we talked about doctrine and Biblical preaching, about the war in Vietnam, about the aftermath of Watergate, even about whether Billy Graham ought to be a...

A New Year for Reading

Christopher Ellis Osterbrock2022-01-01T23:12:09+00:00 Why is it so difficult to pick up a new book? Perhaps it’s not picking up a new book, but actually finishing a single book. Are you the kind of person who starts a dozen books and rarely ever completes one?  For years I made New Year’s resolutions to read...

Who was Joseph Ivimey?

Chance Faulkner2021-12-12T00:07:50+00:00 by Chance Faulkner and Christopher Ellis Osterbrock Early Life and Conversion Joseph Ivimey was born on May 22, 1773, in Ringwood, Hampshire, to Charles and Sarah Ivimey. He was the oldest of eight children, and because his father had “expensive habits” he was not able to secure an education for them....