by Larry Eubanks | Dec 31, 2013 | Opinion
They’ve been called kings, wise men, astrologers, sorcerers and magicians, but we ought to call them what they are: magi. I know that doesn’t tell us anything about them, but that’s the point. We know what all those other descriptions imply, so we... by Robert Parham | Dec 3, 2013 | Opinion
What happened to the wise men’s gold given to Jesus after his birth in Bethlehem? I first asked the question in a 2010 editorial: “So, what happened to that wealth? What did Mary and Joseph do with the gold?” I asked a second time in a 2011... by David Hughes | Feb 7, 2013 | General
A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston Salem, N.C. January 6, 2013 Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 That great theologian James Taylor wrote a song about the wise men called, “Home By Another Way.” The song opens like this way: ... by Chuck Queen | Jan 24, 2013 | Opinion
The Judeo-Christian Scriptures invite us into the human struggle for truth. They reflect the journeys and struggles of faith communities. Therefore, we should expect to find in our Scriptures contradictions, paradoxes, conflicts and inconsistencies. When we struggle...