by John D. Pierce | Aug 29, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
White Americanized Christians are easily seduced. They are drawn in large numbers to authoritarian personalities like squirrels to a freshly-filled bird feeder. Some slick-talking autocrat can stir up fear — and then offer himself as the one to save them from it. And...
by Chris Smith | Mar 8, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
In 1983, scholar and theologian, Dr. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza published her seminal work, In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins. The work for women’s equality continues but may it be done in memory of the women who inspire...
by Kira Dewey | Aug 9, 2022 | Opinion
One of the many challenges we face when studying the Bible is understanding literature written in unfamiliar styles. With the impact that novels and book series have on today’s literary culture, studies show that poetry in particular has fallen by the wayside....
by Jim Hopkins | Apr 13, 2022 | Opinion
Strange. That’s how biblical scholar Marcus Borg characterized the letter of Jude. In Evolution of the Word, he wrote, “Jude is perhaps the strangest document in the New Testament. It is one of the shortest, about a page long, and is the most enigmatic.” One of the...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 6, 2022 | Opinion
A new church year began over a month ago, but a new calendar year has just commenced. No matter how bright or dark the previous year has been, a new year brings the hope of a wide-open future. We all sense that we have a clean slate – a feeling expressed in...
