Essay: God’s power or human violence – the meaning of the virgin birth
ESAU MCCAULLEY, author and associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in the US, writes, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that the Christmas story challenges the idea that we need physical might to overcome enemies…
Base booster or blasphemy? Bible-quoting pro-Trump billboard raises eyebrows in Georgia
RNS A large billboard bearing former President Donald Trump’s image next to a Bible quote appeared on a north-west Georgia road late last week. The ad, comparing Trump to Jesus, disappeared a few days later, leaving behind a flurry of confusion and outrage. “Unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon […]
Essay: Don’t confuse military action with the mission of God
In an article first published on Religion News Service, ED STETZER, a professor and dean at Wheaton College in the US, on why conflating the two is “deeply problematic and harmful in the long run”…
GreenSight: The ‘allon’ or oak tree
ALVIN JOHNSON finds plenty of Biblical references to oaks…
GreenSight: The ‘qimmos’ and ‘qimmashon’ – the thorn or nettle
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at a stinging plant mentioned in the Old Testament…
SIGHT-SEEING: PROPHETS ARE SOCIAL CRITICS, NOT FORTUNE-TELLERS
Jesuit priest and columnist THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the Biblical office of the prophet and the American context today…
OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: THE CHURCH AS EVIDENCE OF GOD’S HANDIWORK “FOR ALL TO SEE”
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at Ephesians 1:15-23 and its parallels in Isaiah…
GREENSIGHT: THE ‘HADAS’, ONE OF FOUR SPECIES “WAVED” BEFORE THE LORD
ALVIN JOHNSON looks at where the ‘hadas’ or common myrtle appears in the Bible…
GREENSIGHT: THE ‘ESHEL’ A BIBLICAL SHADE TREE AND METAPHOR FOR ISRAEL
ALVIN JOHNSON takes a look at the Biblical plant known as the ‘eshel’…