by Mitch Randall | Dec 13, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The Gospel of Matthew records, “Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people” (4:23, NRSV). Matthew does not say that Jesus cured only a select...
by Tim Wildsmith | Dec 11, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared in the November/December issue of Nurturing Faith Journal (NFJ). In 2025, NFJ will become Good Faith Magazine and be free for a year for all Good Faith Advocates. I’m not sure how this happened, but several years ago, I...
by Justin Bronson Barringer | Dec 10, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Twenty years ago, I heard Greg Boyd’s sermon series “The Cross and the Sword,” one of the most compelling I have ever heard. The series later became the basis for his book “The Myth of a Christian Nation.” Boyd challenged me to think deeply about the...
by Mitch Randall | Dec 6, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The United Kingdom’s House of Commons backed a proposal last week 330-275 to permit terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of six months or less to seek assistance to end their own lives. The practice is known as “aid-in-dying.” While the bill still faces an...
by Sarah Boberg | Dec 4, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Recently, my family took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston is beautiful and haunted, with a plethora of amazing foods and attractive homes. Church steeples pepper the skyline, a sign of the history of faith existing alongside the beautiful and haunted....