by Elijah Brown | Feb 24, 2015 | Opinion
Religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq are living at the edge of extinction. They are marginalized and under threat from the genocidal actions of the Islamic State in Iraq, resulting in the purging of religious and ethnic minorities from their historic homes. If...
by Elijah Brown | Dec 11, 2014 | Opinion
As you reflect on the Christmas story, do you celebrate and affirm its connection to Africa and refugees? Each semester in my “Introduction to the New Testament” course, I ask students to retell the Christmas story. Working together, students generally...
by Elijah Brown | Oct 16, 2014 | Opinion
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized Yousafzai and Satyarthi “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and...
by Elijah Brown | Oct 10, 2014 | Opinion
Ebola is ravaging West Africa, killing roughly 45 percent of those infected. The worst Ebola outbreak since the virus first appeared in the 1970s, according to the CDC, there have been six countries affected, 7,494 total cases and 3,439 deaths. Underreporting,...
by Elijah Brown | Oct 6, 2014 | Opinion
Does the Bible specifically address domestic violence? If the number of sermons or Bible studies you have heard directly discussing this reality were an indicator, what would it suggest about your church’s biblical engagement with this issue? A recent survey...
