Kevin Shrum

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  Feb 1, 2018

  What Are We Do to With the Enigma of President Donald Trump?

  Sides have been drawn between those who abhor Trump's behavior and those who see him as a modern-day Cyrus.

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  Aug 16, 2017

  Charlottesville and Sin

  What are we to make of these developments in Charlottesville? We are all sinners, alienated from God and isolated from each other.

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  Apr 4, 2017

  Secularism Can't Sustain a Moral Order

  While many of the "framers and founders," were not explicitly Christian, they did decide to hang their moral hat on an intellectual structure that was not only rooted in natural and common law, but in a spiritual and moral order that allowed for human flourishing.

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  Aug 30, 2016

  Donald Trump and the Amusing Case of the Evangelical Conscience

  In what many are calling the most consequential election in a century, the evangelical community is radically divided when it comes to the presidential candidates.

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  Mar 7, 2016

  Dear Andy Stanley: Is My Small Church a Failure?

  I do not begrudge Stanley's PK-spiritual-silver-spoon upbringing, for I too am a PK raised in a good, godly, and joyous home. I only wish he would eat from that spoon with a bit more humility.

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  Jan 20, 2016

  Will Christian Morality Be Considered Immoral? Illegal?

  For two hundred plus years Western culture (especially America) has been shaped by the Judeo-Christian worldview. Not all citizens of the West were Orthodox Christians nor were Western nation-states theocracies. Yet, the contours of the social and intellectual life of Western culture were largely moralistic and spiritual.

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  Dec 25, 2015

  Fear Not: A Christmas Meditation for 2015

  'Fear not.' We need to hear those simple words loud and clear this Christmas season. Fear runs through the hallways of many hearts these days screaming, 'Be afraid, be very afraid.' Why such fear? It could be said many are experiencing many levels of debilitating, paralyzingly fear—a lack of courage to live with faith, hope, and love.

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  Dec 8, 2015

  Terrorism: What Should Christians Expect From Political Leaders? (Part 3)

  What are we to expect from our political leaders during this season of terrorism and extremism? Romans 13 goes a long way in answering this question.

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  Dec 7, 2015

  How Should Christians Respond to Terrorism? (Part 2)

  While it is easy to get frustrated and angry, our call as believers is to be salt and light in a tasteless and dark world (Mt. 5:13-16). We are called to live with faith, hope and love (1 Cor. 13:13).

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  Dec 6, 2015

  ISIS, the Clash of Civilizations and Enemy Love (Part 1)

  I have been asked on several occasions, "What is a proper Christian response to the rise of terrorism, the development of ISIS, and the clash of civilizations?"