By Colin Harris You’d think Easter would be easy for a Sunday school teacher. After all, everybody knows what it is, most everybody shows up and nobody is likely to argue against it or to push for its repeal. It’s…
My right to be limited
By Arville L. Earl Some time ago a number of people – I among them — were troubled by a cell phone TV ad which projected the idea that, “I need, no, I have the right to be unlimited.” The…
True champions don’t worry about the score
By Will Baker A grueling season of competition has come to an end. The final game in the NCAA Basketball Tournament (March Madness) has been played and the champion has been crowned. At least that’s what we are supposed to…
‘Mad Men’ as an exploration of human fallenness
By Steven Harmon “I keep wondering: have I broken the vessel?” Don Draper’s mid-flirtation confession to his airline seatmate in the April 13 premiere of the seventh (and final) season of the AMC drama Mad Men may prove to be…
So the papyrus is genuine. What now?
By Miguel De La Torre A faded tiny scrap of papyrus caused an uproar when first unveiled in 2012. Why? Because this ancient fragment contains the phrases: “Jesus said to them, My wife…” and “she will be able to be…
In defense of a peaceable Jesus
By Derek C. Hatch Once the liturgical calendar rolls around to Palm Sunday and then to the celebration of Christ’s resurrection, we hear constant reminders that first-century Jews expected Jesus to be the Messiah, but were not anticipating a Messiah…
My wife and I are partners
By Barrett Owen When it comes to changing diapers, I wish my wife and I weren’t egalitarian, but we are. Our marriage is an equal partnership. We listen for God’s guidance together and apart. We communicate our needs and express…
This Bud’s for Paige
By Rodney Kennedy Dr. Paige Patterson has taken a time machine back to the 1950s to suggest that there is something immoral about having a glass of wine. By his own admission this is only the second time he has…
Our silence on faith does not serve those leaving the church
By Alan Bean David Gushee, a theologian and ethicist who teaches at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology, struck a nerve when he suggested that moderate Baptists with roots in the Southern Baptist Convention could benefit from a statement of…
Sexual complementarity: A dangerous debate
By David Burroughs I read with interest the story in ABPnews/Herald about Dr. David Platt’s sermon given recently at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In reality, I no longer pay much attention to things said by Southern Baptist leaders these days….
Life on the way
By Garin Hill I have it all planned out. My wife, 36 weeks pregnant, is due with our third child — on Easter Sunday, just four weeks away. How exciting! For a pastor who seemingly always looks for symbolism and…
For all its flaws, ‘Noah’ raises important questions
By Michael Parnell Darren Aronofsky joins the line of directors that have taken on bringing biblical stories to the screen. His Noah is not a literal rendering of the story of great flood, but it contains both interesting and poor…