The Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 has gotten a lot of attention of late. Those who want to change The United Methodist Church’s position on same-sex practices cite it frequently. Did James and the other apostles decide that portions of the Mosaic law no longer applied to them? In what ways is our current debate similar to and different from the Jerusalem Council?
Dr. Bob Lupton of FCS Ministries shares a perspective on a topic seldom talked about in church. He advocates a view of Christianity and the free market that recognizes wealth-creation as a spiritual gift.
What is post-Christendom and what does this mean for how the church engages in gospel ministry? Chris Backert of Ecclesia Network and Missio Alliance shares.
What does the Bible teach about remarriage and divorce? Are there ever exceptions? Dr. Craig Keener leads us in a sensible discussion on a very sensitive and pressing subject. Watch this for information on remarriage and divorce in biblical perspective.
If the scandal used to be that slavery and religion could co-exist, today it is that holiness could be conceived of by some as something other than social. Today we remember those prophets like Martin Luther King Jr. who called God’s people to be holy as he is holy, and today we press on in full faith that God will do it.
We sat down with Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and discussed things such as the church, culture, and sexuality. View more video interviews.
The problem of violence in the Old Testament doesn’t involve what we’d call mere criminality. The real problem is divinely sanctioned, divinely commanded violence, and particularly, the commands to annihilate the inhabitants of Canaan. These sound to
It’s hard to imagine anyone today who is familiar with the Bible not being concerned about the violence in the Old Testament. It’s a fashionable bomb tossed by the so-called new atheists, and the easiest
Ever since the dawn of deconstruction and the rise of the evangelical left, it is increasingly popular to pick on the 4th of July and designate it residue of nationalism and conservative politics that the
Dr. Lawson Stone shares 7 points we must keep in mind when encountering violence in the Old Testament. View our growing playlist of Seven Minute Seminary here.
When something has stood the test of time, we ought to pay attention to it and we glean from it. The contributions of the Catholic Church, which is over 2,000 years old, cannot be ignored.
The sermon within the African American, Christian tradition is the product of both the prophet and the audience. The prophet is part of a larger, distinctive community which fails to be fettered by time and
