by James Gordon | Jul 19, 2021 | Opinion
Reading the text of the prophet Nahum is an exercise in theology in the service of imagination, and imagination in the service of theology. Yes, it is a “text of terror,” a tour de force description of the defeat, fall and ultimate humiliation of Nineveh, the greatest...
by Roger Olson | Aug 30, 2018 | Opinion
It has become fairly common for Christian scholars to compare the “Pax Romana” with a contemporary “Pax Americana.” Both refer to far-flung influences of central cultures including military interventions and occupations. Many Christian scholars have also begun to...
by Miguel De La Torre | Mar 7, 2013 | Opinion
One of the unexamined assumptions of the Christian faith is a theology based on hope. And yet, I find hope problematic because among the disenfranchised, the ultra-poor, the least of the least, I discover an ethos where hope is not apparent. Over the past several...
by Britt Towery | Aug 6, 2012 | Opinion
Rusia (Russia) is in Suria (Syria). The names of these two countries are made up of the same Arabic letters. According to Larbi Sadiki, senior lecturer in Middle East politics at England’s University of Exeter, the interchange of these names and letters means...
by Randy Hyde | Mar 31, 2009 | General
Sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, pastor of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, A.R., on Mar. 29 2009. Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 12:20-33 Strangely enough, it’s hard to listen to these words of the prophet Jeremiah without getting a warm and fuzzy feeling. I...
