christian worship history

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Evan Gray
Revival Comes to Town
I've been to a lot of services that were designed to produce something.Not just inspire something, or lead someone somewhere — produce something. A response. A decision. A visible moment of transformation. I've led some of those services myself. You can feel the difference in the room. There's a kind...
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Evan Gray
The Emperor Walks In
The first time I walked into a basilica, I didn't know what I was walking into.I was in my late twenties, on a research trip through Rome, more interested in the acoustics than the architecture. I remember standing just inside the entrance — a long, high central nave, columns running...
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