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A demanding leader: Mark 1:14-20
If it were me, I would have stayed in the fishing boat or dithered about what to do until Jesus was just a speck on the horizon.
To see as a child: John 1:43-51
When I was a child, my mother and aunt would go Christmas shopping together. At the end of the day, I would beg them to take me to the park near the shopping district....
Does the promise still hold? Israel and the land: An essay and responses
How are Christians to understand this promise in the 21st century? We asked Gary Anderson to write an essay, and Walter Brueggeman, Marlin Jeschke and Donald E. Wagner to respond.Walter Brueggemann's responseMarlin Jeschke's responseDonald E. Wagner's responseGary Anderson's reply
Does the promise still hold? Israel and the land: A response to Gary Anderson
Professor Anderson takes up what must be the most vexing problem facing us wherein faith collides with political reality....
Does the promise still hold? Israel and the land: A response to Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson does well to remind us of Paul’s word that God’s promise of the land to Abraham and his descendants has never been revoked....
Does the promise still hold? Israel and the land: A response to Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson rightly reminds us that Chris tians must be conscious of anti-Semitic traditions in Christian theology....
No problem after all: Better than "You're welcome"
In recent years, “No problem” has become a customary response to a “Thank you” rendered to wait staff, service providers, hosts and gift givers....
Traveling Home: Sacred Harp Singing and American Pluralism
In 2005 our family made a pilgrimage from our home in Indiana to two all-day Sacred Harp singings in rural Alabama chur...
The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches
What happens when Chris tians develop congregations across racial lines? Korie L....
Held in the Light: Norman Morrison's Sacrifice for Peace and His Family's Journey of Healing
The name Norman Morrison appears often as a hushed aside in discussions of self-sacri...
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Million aire is an exhilarating, un predictable coming-of-age story that moves with the speed of a freight train and springs as many visual surprises as an Adven...
The piece of Christ
The prevailing topic of conversation at my mother's retirement home is the food: the menu, the cooks and—not least—the order in which people are served....
Let's back up
"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you were baptized?" Paul asks the believers in Ephesus.
"Uh, what's the Holy Spirit?" they reply.
If you are Paul, what do you ask now?...
William Placher, 1948-2008: In memoriam
Countless times over the past two decades, when this magazine had an especially important theological book to review or topic to explore, we contacted William C....
Blockade: The siege of Gaza
In early December the security situation had improved enough in Bethlehem for busloads of tourists to come back to visit the birthplace of Jesus and other holy sights in Israel and the West Bank....
Century Marks: Voices of 2008
Voices of 2008“I have come to the conclusion after two years of debate on immigration without success that it’s going to take the love of Jesus Christ to bring people together.”—Senator Chuck Grassley (R., La.), speaking on the contentious subject of immigration reform
A is for availability: A theological dictionary
God is “eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, holy, just, faithful, benevolent, merciful and gracious.” I can still rattle off those divine attributes learned in catechism class....