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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Can\'t Christians be Questians?';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 19, 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Those who quickly dismiss McLaren\'s \'A New Kind of Christianity,\' should be reminded that the church must always balance its mission by both tradition and innovation, or what scholars call contextualization.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'McLaren Releases \'A New Kind of Christianity\'';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/mclaren_questions.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb  9, 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Brian McLaren\'s latest book offers readers \'ten questions that are transforming Christianity\' as a conversation guide for any one who feels that we have messed up what Jesus started. The 11th question, I add is, \'Do we have the courage to continue the conversation that McLaren started?\'';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Futures Thinking and Kingdom Values';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/futures-kingdom-values.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb  6, 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'How does futures thinking relate to Christian hope and mission? A Hispanic mission leader considers the values that the futures community and the Christian community have in common. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Post-Church Letters: Voices from 2020';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 30, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<A href="http://www.churchexecutive.com/article.asp?IndexID=1320" \ntarget=_new>Church Executive Magazine</A> offers three letters from imaginary \npastors, written as if it was 2020. They offer a retrospective look on what \nmight be the prospects of the US Evangelical church looking forward. They are \nnot projections, nor prophecies. But they can help us weigh how immigrants, \nwomen or emerging generations might shape the church in greater measure over the \nnext decade.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Future of Evangelicals via Rick Warren';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 15, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The evangelical Christian movement historically has been defined by its distinctive doctrinal standards. Yet recently many Americans have seen a political, rather than religious side to evangelicals. The Pew Research Center\'s Forum on Religion & Public Life invited Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, to discuss what are most important concerns today for evangelicals, and how the movement is evolving.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Organized religion\'s \'management problem\'';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/hamel_churches.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Nov  9, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '\'What\'s wrong with organized religion?\' That\'s the question that the dean of strategic management, Gary Hamel, put to America\'s largest churches. Claiming that religion needs a management reboot, his hypothesis was that the problem with organized religion isn\'t that it\'s too religious, but that it\'s too organized. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Forerunner Eschatology: Divine Revelation or Reckless Gamble?';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/forerunner_eschatology.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 19, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'In tracking the future of end-time thinking, mission strategist and author, Dr. Andrew Jackson has done the church a favor to question Mike Bickle\'s End Time gambit. The current issue of Christian Research Journal features his essay, Forerunner Eschatology: Mike Bickle\'s End-Time Teaching and the International House of Prayer. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Christian Executive in 2035. . . A Peek into the Future';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jul 27, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Merle Switzer offers a future narrative of 2035 about a young millennial executive living in San Francisco. Ben works for Multiplix, a global corporation based in Beijing, but works virtually to interact with global clients and colleagues. Catch this window into how Ben and his Chinese wife Ling live, work and worship as part of a global church.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Taking Barna\'s Survey as Gospel?';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/barna_worldview.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 16, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'A new Barna Survey is out, which examines changes in worldview among Christians over the past 13 years. The results indicate that the percentage of adults with a biblical worldview has remained unchanged for more than a decade. It may be measuring no more than Barna\'s worldview, rather than a biblical worldview, according to this blog by Jay Gary.   ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The coming evangelical collapse';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 10, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. It will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West. But out of the ruins, a new vitality and integrity will rise. Check out this Christian Science Monitor opinion piece.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The last TV evangelist';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 16, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'In this new book, Phil Cooke offers an insider\'s look at the world of religious broadcasting, from its massive networks and donations, to its sex, money and political scandals. Cooke also shares how the industry must put the prosperity gospel behind them to reach the next generation that couldn\'t care less about religious media.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Chastised evangelicals end broadcaster\'s convention';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 11, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sober and pensive, the leaders of America\'s evangelical broadcasting elite ended five days of penance and soul-searching tonight (Feb 10th) at their huge annual convention held in Nashville, Tennessee. Although several speakers built a strong case for a return to the traditional focus on the gospel, it was obvious throughout the convention that Christian broadcasters are still struggling with a message and leadership for the future.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Vulnerable Mission Opens Whispering Campaign';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/vulnerable_mission.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan  6, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Discover why the \'Next Big Thing in Missions\' might actually be the \'Next Small Thing,\' namely missionary vulnerability. Christian Futures hosted Dr. Jim Harries and Dr. Stan Nussbaum on Jan. 16, 2009 to discuss the vocation, focus and strategy a vulnerable missionary.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Let\'s Stop the Slaughter of Innocents';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/palestinian-crisis09.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan  3, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Hamas rockets land in Israel and Israeli bombs obliterate the civilians of Gaza. As we enter 2009, and witness such atrocities, Jay Gary ask where are wise men of our age? This must stop, unless we wish to repeat the Slaughter of the Innocents. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Ten Paradigm Shifts Toward Community Transformation';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.christianfutures.com/swanson_community.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Nov 23, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'There is a quiet movement of the Spirit of God causing believers to re-examine how they \'do church.\' Churches are throwing out the old measures of success. It\'s no longer merely about size, seeker sensitivity, spiritual gifts, church health, nor the number of small groups. It’s about making a significant and sustainable difference in the lives of people around us—in our communities and in our cities.';
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