by Mark McEntire | Aug 14, 2007 | Opinion
The temptation narrative of the Gospels, particularly in Luke 4:1-13, raises questions about the nature of temptation and what it means to be tempted. In 1988 an enormous controversy arose surrounding the release of “The Last Temptation of Christ,” Martin...
by Mark McEntire | Sep 5, 2006 | Opinion
Kate Campbell’s latest CD, For the Living of These Days, sets a rigorous standard for itself by opening with Woody Guthrie’s “Jesus Christ.” It is a challenge for a self-identified gospel album to maintain direct contact with the harsh...
by Mark McEntire | May 17, 2006 | Opinion
Christians, for whom the Bible is a sacred text, will surely struggle to find a certain voice on the issue of immigration within the pages of their various canons. Fear and mistrust of foreigners is an ancient habit. The legal tradition within the Hebrew Scriptures...
by Mark McEntire | Jan 9, 2006 | Opinion
Harold Bloom, professor of humanities at Yale University, has become one of the foremost thinkers of our time. So, when he publishes a new book, it is difficult not to take notice, and Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine is at least his 30th. “Literary...
by Mark McEntire | Dec 27, 2005 | Opinion
The other volumes in the Westminster John Knox “Gospel According to…” series (the Simpsons, Tolkien, Disney, Oprah) have all had more focused subjects than David Dark’s “The Gospel According to America: A Meditation on a God-blessed,...
