by Colin Harris | Jan 23, 2018 | Opinion
It had been a while since I stopped by Jeremiah’s place to get his take on our current situation. In our last conversation, a year and a half ago, he identified some features of pre-exilic Judah that had an eerie similarity to what we were experiencing at the...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce, Executive Editor of Nurturing Faith Journal & Bible Studies and Publisher of Nurturing Faith Books No issue impacts congregational and denominational life today more than how to include or exclude LGBTQ persons. Some churches and Christian...
by Barry Howard | Jan 22, 2018 | Opinion
There are some moments and memories that we never forget. One such memory is when I first met Bill Self in 1981 at a banquet on the campus of Samford University. I was energized by Bill’s after-dinner speech. He quickly became one of my favorite preachers, not...
by Ron Rolheiser | Jan 22, 2018 | Opinion
Why don’t we preach hellfire anymore? That’s a question asked frequently today by a lot of sincere religious people who worry that too many churches and too many priests and ministers have gone soft on sin and are far too generous in speaking about...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 19, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Unlike Jesus, many modern American evangelicals — who at times feign affection for this particular first-century messiah — fear getting soiled by contact with those considered to be social, racial and economic outcasts. So they work hard at keeping...
by James Gordon | Jan 19, 2018 | Opinion
How do we respond to the company of strangers? Do we find ourselves enriched or threatened? In his book, “Practical Theology,” Terry A. Velling writes, “Our English word xenophobia means ‘fear of the stranger.’ If we turn the word around,...
