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Article The Cosmic Ritual
- By Dave Barnhart
- Posted on September 1st, 2012
Hebrews 9:11-14 The crowd stands and sings the national anthem. Someone throws out the first pitch. People wear goofy outfits, take a seventh-inning stretch, sing “Take Me…
Article Teaching the Old Testament: When God Seems Unjust
- By Brent A. Strawn
- Posted on July 31st, 2012
I make my living teaching the Old Testament, so I’m quite aware of its “problems.” You might say it’s a job hazard in my line of work. Even if people…
Article Who is Jesus?
- By Ross West
- Posted on July 4th, 2012
John 6:56-69 Peter’s question haunts us too. Peter asked, “To whom can we go?” The question came at the end of a long two days. The day before Peter asked his…
Article Mercy, Not Sacrifice
- By Morgan Guyton
- Posted on June 18th, 2012
“Go and find out what this means: ‘I desire mercy not sacrifice’” (Matthew 9:13). There is not an exhortation in the whole of scripture that needs more…
Article It's Jesus, Stupid: Getting the Trinity Right
- By Robert A. Ratcliff
- Posted on May 15th, 2012
O.k. you preachers, gut-check time. Lift your hand if you’re not planning to preach on the Trinity this Trinity Sunday. O.k., now lift ‘em if you didn’t know…
Article "Father, Forgive Them"
- By Adam Hamilton
- Posted on April 4th, 2012
"Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) It is not surprising that these words—the first words spoken by Jesus from the…