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What Does the Bible Say about Tithing?
Many churches speak of a “tithe,” literally a tenth, latching onto biblical language to support their calls for financial contributions….
’Fireside’ Chat: Distance between Seminaries and Churches (Matt LaPine)
Dru enjoys a more casual conversation with Matthew A. LaPine (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), pastor of theological development at…
Systemic Evils Aren’t Your Responsibility, They’re Ours
For more on this subject, listen to our podcast conversation with Michael Rhodes, “Is ‘Systemic Injustice’ Biblical?“ I remember the…
What Does It Mean to Worship in ‘Spirit and in Truth’?
Each year, the Christian world sees two Easter Sundays, each occasionally overlapping with Jewish Passover. But in Israel-Palestine a small…
Is ‘Systemic Injustice’ Biblical? (Michael Rhodes)
Terms like “systemic sin” or “structural injustice” immediately make many people think of contemporary ideologies that they either strongly embrace…
Does It Matter if You Don’t Feel Close to God?
Have you ever said a word over and over until it sounded bizarre to your ears, as if you’re hearing…
Technology Isn’t a Neutral Tool (Jason Thacker)
From social media, to the printing press, to artificial intelligence, to the pencil, technologies have often been regarded as things…
Reading the Sermon on the Mount with ChatGPT
In the past several months, it has been difficult to avoid discussion of “artificial intelligence” or more particularly ChatGPT and…
What the Image of God Is and Is Not (Carmen Imes)
You might have heard that being made in the image of God refers to human rationality, relationality, moral agency, or…
The Key Biblical Principle for Police Reform? Humane Imagination
Being a skinhead in Tulsa Oklahoma meant regular encounters with the police. Back in the 1980s/90s, officers didn’t seem to…
What Does the Bible Say about Anxiety? Redirecting the Fear of Death
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it…
Understanding the Slaughter of the Canaanites in the Book of Joshua (Paul Hinlicky)
Herem warfare is the commandment to exterminate all survivors. The law of herem warfare appears in the Book of Joshua…
