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The Politics of Welcoming the Immigrant—Ruth 2:1-23 (John Allen)

…Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is…

Learning from Zora Neale Hurston

…a recognition that the interpretive frames that we start out with – however theological – may well not be the ones that remain when we, by force of deadlines, must…

With Osama bin Laden dead, it is worth asking if now is the time for the United States to get out of Afghanistan. President Obama, however, has shown no sign…

“Hell Or High Water” May Just Tell Us Who We Really Are – Politically (Carl Raschke)

…quasi-moonscape, which defines the southern sector of the Texas Panhandle and with its multitude of far-flung, decrepit, and skeletally populated county seats strewn from horizon to horizon has functioned as…

Beyond The Secular And Enchanted Binary -The “Deep Stories” Informing Contemporary Conservatism (Roger Green)

…underwrites worries about secret collaborations with Russia – the subject is taboo. Class in general also takes a back seat to gender and race politics in liberal universities here, so…

A Widow’s Presence

seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! 40They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” 41He sat…

A Widow’s Presence—Mark 12:38-44

…best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! 40They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”…

A little over a month after the shooting at Newtown Elementary School which left twenty young children and six staff members dead, President Obama today offered bold Presidential leadership for…

…automobiles without seat belts. The potential damage to the consumer in both cases outweighs the rights of companies to treat these safety elements as optional in their products. 5. Closely…

Authorizing and Authenticating Revival

…rhetoric of spiritual deadness or stagnancy to justify divine rupture into the world. Asbury president Timothy Tennent echoes this language in describing the events on campus: “There comes a point when the…

Russia, America, and the Rebirth of History (Carl Raschke)

…envisioned, is not a billowing sea of tranquility, but a roiling tempest of forces. Adrift on such a dangerous ocean — within what Nietzsche termed the “horizon of the infinite”…

Hollywood Violence and Christ’s Kenotic Counter-Example (Jacob Given)

…example, caused quite a stir.[1] A more recent example of war violence is Eastwood’s American Sniper. This film follows Chris Kyle, the United States’ deadliest sniper, through his tours of…