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Trademark Gospel® A monopoly on the truth: A monopoly on the truth
PrincÍpio do Evangelho® de Jesus Cristo, Filho de Deus, is the Portuguese translation of Mark 1:1, “Here begins the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God.” João Ferreira translated it in 188...
Posttraumatic Christians: Lamentation in Africa
Last November I traveled to a restful location outside of Kampala, Uganda, to spend three days with African Christian leaders who are trying to address the destructive conflicts in their countries....
Poolside healing: John 5:1-9
In John 5, festival scenes in the holy city are juxtaposed with the view of five porticoes full of invalids. Imagine dropping by the nursing home on your way to Christmas Eve services. One place is festive, filled with pretty clothes, color, light and music. The other location features crutches, canes and people who cannot hide their desperate need for healing.
Up and out: Luke 24:44-53
Of the four evangelists, Luke alone writes an actual exit scene for the risen Jesus.
Class warfare: AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service--and How It Hurts Our Country, by Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer
Recently Senator John Kerry suffered yet another self-inflicted wound with a clumsy joke....
Take and read
Cunningham invites readers to take their own Holy Week pilgrimage through suffering and death to ...
Liberal heroes
This book completes a magnificent scholarly accomplishment: the three-volume The Making of...
Public visions
By some accounts, the 2006 elections signaled a seismic shift in the political landscape for American Christ...
Same-sex unions
As a Jesuit theologian working in a university setting, I am occasionally asked to discuss difficult q...
The heart of the gospel
Willard Swartley’s powerful, comprehensive study of the theme of peace in the New Testament is his magnu...
Loss and recovery
As an attempt to address the realities of post-9/11 trauma, Reign Over Me is so misbegotten that it trivializes the subject....
Blogging toward Sunday (Acts 11:1-18)
In this series, authors offer reflections on the Sunday lectionary texts. Feel free to post a comment....
Blogging toward Sunday (Acts 9:36-43)
In this new series, authors offer reflections on the Sunday lectionary texts. Feel free to join the discussion by adding your thoughts....
Repeat performance: Pastoral plagiarism
Tom Long, one of the preachers I’m tempted to steal from, points out in this issue that stealing sermons is an old phenomenon but...
Courage in Zimbabwe: Christians resisting nonviolently
The activities of courageous Christians in Zimbabwe could be chapters in a new, politicized version of the book of Acts....
Century Marks
Party politics and piety: Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report is skeptical that Democrats can win over evangelical voters by using the right language. The Democrats had minimal impact on white evangelical voters in 2006, Rothenberg says. White evangelicals are more likely to change the Republican Party than to change parties (Roll Call, March 22).