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Young Adults: Forget Church, Follow Jesus

April 10, 2012 By Christian Piatt 13 Comments

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Two recent articles grabbed my attention, partly because they resonate quite a bit with the pieces I’ve written about Why Young Adults Leave Church. It’s also interesting to me that so many people seem to be talking about this at this particular time. Rachel Held Evans and I came out with some pieces at the [...]

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A Minister’s Letter of Apology to Young Adults

March 31, 2012 By Christian Piatt Leave a Comment

I don’t usually post other people’s work on my own blog. But this conversation about “Why Young Adults Quit Church” has become much, much bigger than my handful of articles I wrote to add my two cents. In addition to media in the Midwest and even Australia picking up on them, other writers are beginning [...]

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Examining John Piper’s “Masculine Christianity”

February 8, 2012 By Christian Piatt 11 Comments

I really want to give people like John Piper the benefit of the doubt. Given that he’s a minister in the Baptist tradition, it doesn’t surprise me when he only refers to God as “he” or when he talks about the man’s role as spiritual head of the household. I grew up Baptist, so I’ve [...]

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