by Molly T. Marshall | Dec 23, 2011 | Opinion
I never played Mary in the Christmas pageant, probably because I could not sit in wordless contemplation! Indeed, many little girls prefer to be an angel because at least an angel gets to do something. Sitting in blue and white in calm repose (as if long travel and...
by Larry Greenfield | Dec 23, 2011 | Opinion
Christmas is an invented date. We don’t have any idea of the day of Jesus’ birth. And we can’t even be sure of the year. My colleague and former teacher, Jay Wilcoxen, explains the confusion in the different New Testament accounts. If Jesus appeared...
by Jim McNabb | Dec 22, 2011 | Opinion
Imagine living in darkness. Imagine living in our 49th state, Alaska, where there are 67 days of darkness this time of year. The shortest day of the year is Dec. 21, when there are only three hours of muted sunlight. Oh, how important those three hours must be just to...
by James L. Evans | Dec 22, 2011 | Opinion
I served a church several years ago that presented a live Nativity scene during the Christmas season. It was an integral part of the church’s celebration of Christmas. Not only was our own community involved, but people would drive from adjoining counties to see...
by Drew Smith | Dec 21, 2011 | Opinion
A person identifying himself as a professor of biblical studies sent me an email in which he said he was going to use my recentarticle in his class on biblical interpretation as a demonstration of “the fallacy of the liberal hermeneutic and mindset.” I...
by Robert Parham | Dec 21, 2011 | Opinion
When the Persian astronomers found Jesus in Bethlehem, “they fell down and worshipped him,” reads Matthew 2:11. “Opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” The word “treasures” means...
