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An unprompted smile. A childlike cartwheel. A dance party. “Our bodies, words, and actions are more than simply passive reflections of our emotions; they are active participants in how those emotions are shaped.”

Arab Baptist Theological Seminary has served almost 250 individuals displaced in Lebanon. “Evangelicals are the best people. There is no sectarian spirit or self-interest. They just cared for us,” said one Shiite man about ABTS.

“When my grandma died, when my brother died, when I miscarried my baby, God’s presence didn’t feel like easy oxygen or reliable gravity. It felt more like a friend walking through the door, turning on a lamp. It felt personal, particular, located, new.”

Olivet University is vowing to stay open despite a California state judge’s ruling that bars the school from enrolling new students and requires current students to be sent to other schools.

“Many who began the journey of Christian adoption advocacy are still at it but are markedly changed. Most bear invisible scars. Their early enthusiasm has been humbled, their idealism chastened. Yet many also evidence surprisingly buoyant hearts and spiritual depth. How did they get there? What can fellow believers committed to justice and mercy learn from the passion, pain, and perseverance of the orphan care movement?”

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Christmas was always God’s plan, writes Philip Yancey. Jesus didn’t just come to earth to save us from our sins, but to invite humanity to participate in the divine life.

Christians must both “guard” the past—by holding to historic orthodoxy and telling stories of Christian witness, for instance—and tend it: reckoning with our noble and ignoble legacies alike.

Not a lot of books exist on the Virgin Birth from an evangelical perspective. According to Patrick Schreiner’s review, Rhyne Putman’s “Conceived by the Holy Spirit,” is a “wonderful resource to help people think more carefully about this essential event.”