You know that line about how even a broken clock can be right twice a day? That is how I feel about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Review: In Accordance With the Scriptures
When we do theology, many people start with the “Bible.” Since it is considered the primary source for doing theology, it seems prudent to define what makes the Bible the authoritative source for doing theology.
Yes, Baptist polity makes room for queer Christians
On May 6, my husband and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary. Something we both like to do is give one another a gift and then go out to eat. For a while I have been thinking about what to…
You can’t love Jesus and hate immigrants
In the years leading up to World War II and the Holocaust, large numbers of German Christians condemned people who differed from them politically, theologically, nationally or ethnically. In the midst of that dangerous context, one offbeat newspaper dared to…
The Bible Warns About Rulers Who Put Themselves Above the Law
ith President Donald Trump locked in a legal war over whether to return an immigrant deported without due process back to the United States, Christian scholars and legal professionals are sounding the alarm.
The Euangelion According to Trump
Has Donald Trump gone too far? With the stock market down 5 percent in one day yesterday and other economic losses cascading today, will his most loyal supporters thus far, evangelicals, turn on him? Depends on what evangelical means.
Did Jesus really say that?
During some of the hardest days of racial tension in in the 1960s, a Mississippi Delta white pastor in his frustration one day asked one of his stalwart members what she thought Jesus would do if Black people came to…
There is no Jesus in MAGA
A lot has been written and much more will be written about the times in which we live. This era will be studied with amazement, bewilderment and shaking heads. How could America have elected a twice-impeached convicted felon to another…
‘Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts …’
I continue to try to make sense of living as a Christian in a time when a distressing number of my coreligionists have thrown their support behind a fascist regime that stands against everything I think is good and holy,…
Now Ryan Walters seeks bids for Bible-based curriculum in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Department of Education has opened the bidding process for a Bible-based curriculum designed for public elementary school children, according to a newly posted Request for Proposal. The move comes as state Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters deals…
Read the Bible as subversive speech against empire, Boesak and Griffen say
The Bible, like the parables of Jesus, is subversive speech that should inspire Christians to action today, according to Allan Boesak and Wendell Griffen. The two are authors of Parables, Politics and Prophetic Faith, a new book that interprets and…
Anabaptists commemorate 500 years with new study Bible and more
Anabaptists around the world are commemorating 500 years since their founders performed the first adult baptisms outside Zürich and kicked off the Radical Reformation. A tradition that includes Mennonites, Amish, Church of the Brethren, Hutterites and other small Christian groups,…