by Preston Clegg | Dec 20, 2013 | Opinion
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve had the Magnificat on my mind – Mary’s song in Luke 1.36-46, which she sings after receiving the news of her miraculous (yet scandalous) future. Mary was a lowly peasant girl, living in a man’s world. Many scholars...
by Israel Olofinjana | Dec 19, 2013 | Opinion
The subject of reverse mission, that is, missionaries and pastors from former mission fields now ministering in Europe and North America, is becoming a phenomenon that is attracting the attention of both academics and the media. The BBC documentary titled...
by Blake McKinney | Dec 19, 2013 | Opinion
There’s a bumper sticker that says, “Marriage is finding that one special someone you can annoy for the rest of your life.” That’s funny, in a too-close-to-home kind of way, but it falls a little short of the picture of marriage that we see in...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Dec 19, 2013 | Opinion
Closing congregations is not taught in seminary. In fact, it tends to be spoken about in hushed tones. As congregations explore the question of closure, I am hopeful such conversation is guided by a commitment to being thorough, transparent and timely. How...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 18, 2013 | Opinion
The appropriately massive memorial service for anti-apartheid activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela monopolized the news Dec. 10, as thousands gathered in a driving rain to hear an ark-load of speeches from political and religious leaders from...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 18, 2013 | Opinion
Daniel’s cryptic reference to a three-and-a-half year period for the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes comes to mind when I try to get my head around what time it is. It’s the last week of the semester and the middle of the Advent season, but I’m...
