by Mitch Randall | May 14, 2020 | Opinion
Masks have been used for various purposes throughout history. Some indigenous cultures wore masks to honor and communicate with their ancestors, while ancient Greeks and Romans used them for theatrical performances. In many cultures, judges wore masks to prevent...
by Rod Benson | Apr 14, 2020 | Opinion
A fascinating sentence appears at the end of Genesis 4 in the Hebrew Bible. After recording the birth of Enosh, Adam’s grandson by Seth, we read, “At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord” (Genesis 4:26b). Presumably, this refers to prayer. What were...
by Steven Schafer | Dec 12, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following is an adapted excerpt from Schafer’s book, “Marriage, Sex and Procreation: Contemporary Revisions to Augustine’s Theology of Marriage,” (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019). It is used with permission. The book is available to purchase...
by Helen Paynter | May 28, 2019 | Opinion
“There’s just so much wrath in the Bible!” “The God of the Old Testament is so different from the God of the New Testament!” “Why is there so much violence in the Old Testament?” If I had an English pound for every time someone had said something like this to me, I’d,...
by Helen Paynter | Feb 11, 2019 | Opinion
“Bad theology can make people kill each other.” I wrote these words in a blog post published just over a year ago. Nothing I have seen or read since then has made me change my mind. In fact, bad theology – and bad biblical interpretation – can cause people to do all...
