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Remember that Christianity is Dangerous this Good Friday
Meandering reflections on Good Friday, the resurrection of Lazarus, the disappearance of moral knowledge, and the struggles of church planting in…
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Sam Elder
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April 2023

January 2023

How we named our daughter
The origin story of "Esther Iris Elder"
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Sam Elder
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December 2022

Double Time: Mars Variant
Why biphasic sleep works better for me
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Sam Elder

October 2022

Please Stop Repeating This Bad Criticism of Donald Trump
I’m a big fan of the New York Times’ The Daily podcast, which (rightfully so) also happens to be one of the most subscribed-to podcasts on the planet…
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Sam Elder
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May 2022

How to Argue About Abortion
Seeing the arguments of today in the light of the abortion debate's long history
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Sam Elder
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Turbulence Ahead
What we learned (or didn't) from a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion, and what happens next
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Sam Elder
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April 2022

Easter 2022: New Year, New Church?
Wrestling with the option of joining a church plant
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Sam Elder
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Systemic Injustice is Not a Matter of Degree
Clarifying a relatively new term
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Sam Elder
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March 2022

Is this what optimism feels like?
On Wednesday afternoon just after 5pm, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong posted the following on Facebook: Our COVID-19 situation has been…
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Sam Elder
The Consequences of an Intellectual Inferiority Complex
One reason why both Christians and conservatives have gone crazy
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The Life-Changing Power of Small Groups
On this week’s Good Faith podcast, co-hosts David French and Curtis Chang interviewed Jonathan Tjarks, a sportswriter who published a profoundly moving…
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Sam Elder
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