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BCL Online Picks — June 25, 2026
Toy Story 5 and encouraging children to play again, trusting our instincts to help others, humanity’s deepest problem, God’s truth versus “your truth,” and more are featured in this week’s online picks!
A Tribute to My Missionary Parents
What is it like growing up in the jungle with parents who are missionary Bible translators? We can learn much from those who decided that teaching people about the kingdom of God was worth giving up the “ordinary” life they might have had in this world.
What Does It Mean to Have a New Identity in Christ?
The Bible tells us that all believers have a new identity in Christ. What does that actually mean?
Are Christians Called to Change Society?
Did the apostolic church “change” first-century, Greco-Roman society? Are Christians even called to change society? Perhaps. It depends, I suppose, upon how we define “change.”
When All the Good Guys Are Actually Bad Guys
Does it seem to you, as it does to me, that it has become more common for our public debates to be framed as being between the “good guys” and the “bad guys”? The people on “our side” are perceived as “good,” and the people on the “other side” as “evil.” What does the Bible have to say about how we view each other?