by Dr. William Powell Tuck, friarsfragment.com, retired pastor, professor and author of The Forgotten Beatitude: Worshiping Through Stewardship, A Positive Word for Christian Lamenting: Funeral Homilies, The Church Under the Cross, and more! Jesus told his followers to love one’s neighbor as one’s self. (Mark 12: 28-34). Who is your neighbor? Jesus defined neighbor in…
by Chris Eyres, an Energion Publications editor and former English solicitor. I’ve just listened to an interview with Walter Brueggemann on the topic of money, and as a result have his book on the subject on my wish list. I wrote a fair amount about property a little while ago (this is a link…
by Henry E. Neufeld, publisher, teacher, and author of Stories of the Way, When People Speak for God, Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Confessions of a Liberal Charismatic, What’s in a Version? and more! Sam (short for Samson, not Samuel), picked up the stein of beer he had just paid for, gave it an initial taste to savor…
by Dr. Thomas W. Hudgins, professor, author and translator of Dr. David Alan Black’s book, Aprenda a Leer el Griego del Nuevo Testamento. Isaiah 42:1-9 You might never have heard the expression “Servant Songs” before. But I’m sure you have heard of Isaiah the prophet and the book in the Old Testament that was written by…
by Dr. Allan R. Bevere, pastor, professor and author of The Politics of Witness: The Character of the Church in the World, Colossians and Philemon: A Participatory Study Guide, and The Character of our Discontent. For the next few Thursdays I will be publishing a series of posts on a subject that is very important to me–…
by Dr. Chris Surber, pastor, director of Supply and Multiply ministry to Haiti, and author of A Cup of Cold Water, Rendering Unto Caesar: Examining What Jesus Said About Giving God What is His, and more! Published in the Suffolk News-Herald, December 5, 2016 in the Opinion Column: It’s almost cliché to say that people are…
by Dr. Allan R. Bevere, pastor, professor and author of Colossians and Philemon: A Participatory Study Guide, The Politics of Witness: The Character of the Church in the World, and The Character of our Discontent. O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God…
by Dr. William Powell Tuck, friarsfragment.com, retired pastor, professor and author of soon-to-be-released The Forgotten Beatitude: Worshiping Through Stewardship, A Positive Word for Christian Lamenting: Funeral Homilies, The Church Under the Cross, and more! Suddenly it dawned on me I was dying. I was beginning to allow routineness, habits, a style of living, patterns of observation, daily practices, customary…
by Dr. Jude Lee, author of House Calls with Jesus: Stories of Redemptive Love Dr. Lee reading from My Utmost for His Highest on November 1st: Know ye not that … ye are not your own? – 1 Corinthians 6:19 There is no such thing as a private life—‘a world within the…
by Elgin Hushbeck, Jr., Engineer, Christian apologist, and author of Christianity and Secularism, Preserving Democracy: What the Founding Fathers Knew, What We Have Forgotten, and How It Threatens Democracy, What is Wrong with Social Justice?, and Evidence for the Bible. My reaction to the election can be summed up by relief, joy, hope, and worry, in that order. Relief…