by Mary Dyer | Nov 15, 2025 | Opinion
Doctrinal wars over the Trinity were conflicts during the early centuries of Christianity to define God as a single being in three coequal, coeternal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These conflicts, particularly the Arian controversy—which saw Jesus...
by Mary Dyer | Sep 8, 2025 | Opinion
While on a study trip in the holy land, a tour guide told my wife and me about the Angel of Hebron, an obscure story of hope amid ongoing oppression in the land of Israel. The Ottoman Empire ruled Palestine for over four centuries, from 1516 until its collapse...
by Mary Dyer | Aug 21, 2025 | Opinion
The eighth-century BCE prophet Isaiah heard the following words from God: “Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow” (Isaiah 1:17). They are just as important today as they were almost three millennia ago when the...
by Mary Dyer | Jul 2, 2025 | Opinion
Would You Baptize an olive tree? This is not a rhetorical question, but a story that happened to a man in Galilee. His name is Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Arab Israeli who served as the Archbishop of All of Galilee from 2006 to 2012. He is a member of the Melkite...
by Mary Dyer | May 3, 2025 | Opinion
For many, these last few weeks have been a nightmare traveling across the land, unlike anything our nation has ever experienced. We are not the first country, nor will we be the last, to have suffered so much loss. Someone once said that cowardice is contagious. But...
