by Colin Harris | Mar 25, 2019 | Opinion
There is little question that the “world of church” is changing. Seismic tremors of sex-abuse scandals in large denominational bodies have had an impact on public credibility for Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists. A decision to affirm restrictions for ordination...
by Colin Harris | Feb 21, 2019 | Opinion
“Biblical literacy” bills are being proposed and enacted in several U.S. states. Such legislation allows for courses in the history and literature of the Bible to be part of a regular public-school curriculum. These measures have drawn the expected praise from...
by Colin Harris | Feb 5, 2019 | Opinion
The co-teacher of our weekly Sunday School class grew up Jewish. As such, he is our resident resource person for questions about the religious conceptual framework within which both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures came to be. He observed in a recent discussion...
by Colin Harris | Jan 15, 2019 | Opinion
Re-reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s last book, published a year before his assassination in April 1968, has become an intriguing déjà vu experience. The title is a question: “Where Do We Go from Here – Chaos or Community?” Two earlier books, “Stride toward Freedom”...
by Colin Harris | Dec 20, 2018 | Opinion
The images of Christmas in the biblical testimony offer a subtle, yet effective invitation. They urge us to embrace a perspective that sometimes gets overshadowed in our rousing choruses of “Joy to the World” and “Angels We Have Heard on High.” To be sure, the...
