Bible

Blog Telling the Story
- By Mike Poteet
- Posted on May 13th, 2013
Does the Good Book make for good television? Millions of Americans seemed to think so (as many as 4 in 10, in fact) when History Channel aired its five-week miniseries, The Bible, …
Blog God Said It . . . And that Unsettles It
- By Ronnie McBrayer
- Posted on March 4th, 2013
God said it, I believe it, and that settles it.” This slogan is one of today’s all too common bumper sticker defenses of the Bible. The phrase is sometimes amended to…
Blog Biblical Marriage: A Look at Love, Respect, and Submission
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on October 31st, 2012
When I heard that Rachel Held Evans was calling her husband "master" for a week during her “Year of Biblical Womanhood,” my first thought (forgive my gutter-mind) was…
Blog Unleashing Scripture
- By Shane Raynor
- Posted on July 17th, 2012
In some congregations, the public reading of scripture may be one of the most underdeveloped parts of the worship service. It’s not that we don’t read the Bible in…
Blog Turning the Other Cheek (and the American Justice System)
- By Katie Z. Dawson
- Posted on July 17th, 2012
Yesterday, the Tuesday morning small group at my church had an interesting conversation. Is it possible or practical to follow the commands of Jesus in the Sermon on the…
Blog Context, Context, Context
- By Matthew L. Kelley
- Posted on July 2nd, 2012
I recently finished up a sermon series called "Living the Story," exploring each of the major "episodes" in the biblical narrative. (Listen to the series podcasts here.) We ended…