Bible

Article Three Ways We Censor the Bible
- By Dave Barnhart
- Posted on May 20th, 2013
In a post on my blog last fall, I talked about the “secret” history of Red Alabama, and how that history gets sanitized. How we sanitize history is the subject of the…
Article Commentary on Acts 2:1-47
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on May 14th, 2013
From the Abingdon New Testament Commentary on Acts, available with a Premium Subscription to the Ministry Matters Library The Holy Spirit and Its Aftermath (2:1-47) With the…
Article Naming Our Idols
- By Mike Slaughter
- Posted on May 13th, 2013
Chances are when you hear the word idol, the first thing that comes to mind is Ryan Seacrest, or possibly a shiny gold statue of a calf. Idolatry isn’t a new problem, but it …
Article Table Talk: A Community Approach to Bible Study
- By Carl Frazier
- Posted on March 11th, 2013
Shortly after I arrived at First United Methodist Church in Cary, North Carolina, Alice Kunka, our Director of Christian Formation, came into my office. “We have a…
Article How Sunday School Created a Theologically Illiterate Society
- By Teddy Ray
- Posted on December 10th, 2012
One of the places where America began to become theologically illiterate was an odd one: Sunday school. I believe the introduction of Sunday schools truly has caused the…
Article Sabbath Healing and Christian Morality
- By Morgan Guyton
- Posted on November 28th, 2012
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27). This is one of the most radical statements that Jesus ever made. Within it is the revelation of…