Category Archives: Denominations

What is the Gospel?

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Micah Everett

What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ? That’s a strange question to ask near the end of the eighth year of writing a blog that is mostly devoted to my professional interests but sometimes dabbles in things spiritual. It’s a … Continue reading →

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“A Well-Regulated or Orderly Church Music…”

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Micah Everett

I have heard that the price of becoming a thinking adult is the need to deal with all of the paradoxes and inconsistencies that life presents, the cognitive dissonance that is inevitably present as we flawed and fallen humans do … Continue reading →

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Scripture, then Creeds, then Confessions, then Self

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Micah Everett

Americans can be a strange people, and this is perhaps especially true of American Christians. Although the percentage of the population claiming a Christian identity has fallen in recent years, the majority of the population still professes adherence to some … Continue reading →

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Fundamentals, Not Feelings: Part Two

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Micah Everett

For as long as we can remember my wife and I have had an occasional feeling of being “ecclesiastical misfits.” We often discuss a sense of differentness at church or parachurch gatherings, even among fellow believers with whom we are … Continue reading →

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Why I am a Gideon

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Micah Everett

In the fall of 2005, shortly after I began teaching at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, I applied for and was granted membership in The Gideons International. I had been familiar with this ministry for practically my entire life. … Continue reading →

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