by Mark Wingfield | Apr 16, 2002 | Opinion
If it’s a matter of who got there first, the Israelites have a case against the Palestinians. If it’s a matter of who has held control of the land most recently and for the longest period of time, the Palestinians have a case against the Israelis. If...
by Mark Wingfield | Apr 16, 2002 | Opinion
Outsiders often wonder why Muslims and Jews in the Middle East can’t put their differences behind them and agree to get along on the land they both claim as holy. The problem is part logistical and part theological, according to scholars well versed in the...
by Mark Wingfield | Apr 16, 2002 | Opinion
Evangelical Christian theology undergirding some reaction to the Arab-Israeli conflict hinges on one pivotal notion–that the Jewish people are God’s people, God’s chosen ones who must be protected. But that’s not the only Christian view of...
by David Benjamin | Apr 15, 2002 | Opinion
With all the power and subtlety of a tank, Bill Easum asks, “Is your congregation being faithful to the biblical mission of making disciples?” He rolls on from there. In his latest work, Unfreezing Moves: Following Jesus into the Mission Field, Easum...
by Wm. Loyd Allen | Apr 15, 2002 | Opinion
Late one cold night in October 1752, as widow Elizabeth Backus sat by her fire, wrapped in blankets reading the Bible, Massachusetts law officers came for her. They hauled the elderly, ailing Baptist off to jail for failing to pay taxes. The law she had refused to...
by Eddie Hammett | Apr 15, 2002 | Opinion
Many churches and denominations are moving beyond denial and discovering that, in many instances, what they have been doing for decades is no longer working. We haven’t been making disciples and now our world and our church are facing the consequences. We must...
