by Bill Wilson | Oct 3, 2016 | Opinion
When Gil Rendle speaks, I listen. He’s been a pastor, author and consultant. Now retired, his work has inspired me and given voice to much of what I see and feel is happening in congregations. He “gets it,” in a way that too many experts do not. His...
by Michael Parnell | Sep 30, 2016 | Opinion
I grew up in the ’60s when there were only three channels on television. That meant you had to watch what those three networks broadcast. Add to that your father dominating the television at night, which in my household meant I watched a lot of Westerns. Because...
by Leroy Seat | Sep 30, 2016 | Opinion
You doubtlessly remember the terrible tragedy that occurred 10 years ago on Oct. 2, 2006, in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. You may not have remembered the name of that small town, but that is where 10 Amish girls were brutally shot in their one-room schoolhouse. Such a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 29, 2016 | Opinion
Apparently, King Hezekiah meant business when he set out to do away with shrines devoted to gods other than Yahweh, the God of Israel. The historian behind 2 Kings 18:3-4a says that when Hezekiah became king, “He did what was right in the sight of the LORD just...
by Blake McKinney | Sep 29, 2016 | Opinion
An important election season announcement: If Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein or anyone else is elected president of the United States, Jesus Christ will still be Lord of the universe. My presidential election memories go back to my sixth-grade...
by Colin Harris | Sep 29, 2016 | Opinion
Idolatry and injustice seem to be at the top of the list of violations of covenant faith. The prophets and historians of ancient Israel identified the tendency to claim “godness” for one’s own thinking and behavior as the primary “flaw”...
