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Some angles on the binding of Isaac
Violence. Danger. Fear. Trust. Betrayal. Salvation. Ethics. They're all invoked in the story of the binding of Isaac. Here are a couple different points of entry into this difficult passage.
Real ____ would never do that!
I just returned from a glorious five days
spent motorcycling through Washington and Oregon. We crossed the...
Grief without stages
The notion that grief moves through some kind of process toward resolution owes more of a debt to American optimism than to Christian hope.
Oregon strips faith-healing parents of legal defenses
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Gov. John Kitzhaber has signed a new law that
removes the remnants of Oregon's legal protection for parents who rely...
Left-leaning Christians to rally around 'Wild Goose'
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) It's summer. It's hot. It's the South.
That must mean it's time for an old-fashioned camp meeting....
Rowan Williams sparks a political row in England
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Nearly a millennium ago, four unruly knights
crossed the English Channel from France and confronted the archbishop of...
Lutheran World Federation agrees to dialogue with Roman Catholics and Mennonites
Geneva, June 17 (ENInews)-- At a meeting in Geneva that concluded on 14
June, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council approved plans for...
The tug of a prayer chain
Last spring I helped the church
I was in the process of leaving prepare for its 100th anniversary celebration....
The Board of Ordained Ministry as social media police
Jeremy Smith at Hacking Christianity has written a post...
Canon and Creed, by Robert W. Jenson
When Westminster John Knox Press launched the Interpretation commentary series in 1982 with Walter Brueggemann's provocative volume on the book of Genesis, readers encountered the strange new ...
Baptists support legalization but not `amnesty'
(RNS) Southern Baptists adopted a resolution Wednesday (June 15) that
supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants but clearly
states they reject "amnesty."...
Black churches push prostate cancer awareness
(RNS) Thomas A. Farrington isn't looking for cards or a tie this
Father's Day. What he really wants, he says, is for other black men...
Alabama immigration law called nation’s ‘meanest’
A new Alabama law that makes it a crime to offer rides to
undocumented immigrants is the "meanest" immigration law in the country,...
Rembrandt on Jesus
Traveling to Paris or
Philadelphia this summer, or Detroit this fall? You may want to consider taking
in the exhibit on "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus."...
The pointless ethanol subsidy
On Tuesday, the Senate rejected a measure that would eliminate...
Right-wing roots
The scholarly quest for the roots of the religious right has already passed through several iterations. Darren Dochuk's impressive book builds on this work and pushes the narrative back another generation or two.
The biggest fish story
The symbol of the fish resounds throughout scripture, and it splashes well beyond the pages.
Southern Baptists affirm belief in ‘eternal’ hell
Southern Baptists delivered a group rebuttal to Michigan pastor Rob
Bell for writing a book that questions traditional views of hell....
Goshen College again silences national anthem
Goshen College will no longer play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at
sporting events, school leaders announced, reversing last year's...