by Richard Wilson | Apr 18, 2003 | Opinion
The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is the often-neglected day of Holy Week. “Dark Saturday” it is sometimes called and, like its name, it is a day that tends to get lost in the shadows. The first shadows that tend to obscure Dark Saturday... by Richard Wilson | Apr 11, 2003 | Opinion
How was it that a German Lutheran pastor, once noted for his pacifism, would die in his 39th year, convicted of high treason against the government of his beloved Germany? Only days before, Nazis had discovered Admiral Canaris’s diary that detailed the work of... by Richard Wilson | Mar 31, 2003 | Opinion
The bright light of Easter casts some very long shadows—because the horror of crucifixion began at midday on Friday and lingered until dawn on Sunday. That is the story of the Christian Gospels. Jesus of Nazareth dies on Friday as a result of a Roman decree issued by... by Richard Wilson | Mar 28, 2003 | Opinion
Once the lens of dispensational theology is ground and polished, then all of history is seen through that lens. Scripture is reorganized and read exclusively through a dispensational view of history. Such beliefs are directly related to dispensationalism, an... by Richard Wilson | Mar 11, 2003 | Opinion
How is it that the name of a saint, the bearer of Christianity to Ireland, has become synonymous with open beer taps, wild dancing and parades? Today is a good day for such a question, and a better day to explore the narrow border that puts saint and sinner so close...