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Tune in tonight at 7pm, History Channel, for two more episodes. Jesus: His Life (Behind the Scenes with Joshua Dubois) – KR 124 Watch Jesus: His Life on History Channel >>> www.history.com/shows/jesus-his-life Learn more about Joshua Dubois’s work >>> valuespartnerships.com Join Scot and Joshua as they discuss what all went into creating Jesus: His Life. This history channel project explores the story of Jesus Christ through a unique lens: the people in his life who were closest to him. Each... Read more

By Jonathan Schut On March 28, 2019 Women of the Bible CBE Organizational News Church History In Matthew 26, Jesus visits the home of Simon the Leper. While he’s there, a woman enters and anoints him with expensive perfume. His disciples are indignant. They object to her actions and claim that the money spent on the perfume could have been used to help the poor. As I read the story, I almost expect Jesus to agree with the woman’s accusers. But... Read more

It is an interesting question not often asked How it is that one actually does Christian theology? Many pile up the Bible verses, arrange them into topics and sub-topics and topics-that-don’t-quite-fit, and then synthesize into the “biblical” view. How then does one do “biblical” theology on ethnicity or race or abortion or euthanasia or capitalism if one doesn’t have any Bible verses to add up — or not enough? A new book opens up this conversation in informed ways: David... Read more

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. BCP Read more

Spring Break is about over and time to enter into the Spring schedule. It was so good to see History Channel’s kick-off episodes Monday night — check in again next Monday for episodes 3 and 4. An interview I did. A second one. Kris and I both appreciate stories like this: FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Greg Schiano is stepping down from his position on the New England Patriots‘ coaching staff, citing a “need to spend more time on my faith and family.”... Read more

By Geoff Holsclaw: pastor and professor, and baseball fan. Baseball is the American pastime, marking our collective consciousness like no other sport. And it can help us remember what spiritual disciplines are for. Photo by Ben Hershey on Unsplash What other sport has influenced common speech like baseball? She hit a home run!—means something went really well. Get it in the ballpark.—means to offer an estimate. He has two strikes against him. —means the odds are against you. He struck... Read more

Craig Allert in Early Christian Readings of Genesis One, makes reference in passing to a comment by Basil of Caesarea (ca. 329-379 AD) regarding the purpose of creation. This is worth some consideration. We find Basil’s comment in NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Selected Works, The Hexæmeron 1.5. The quote below is on pp. 54-55 available online at the link. It appears, indeed, that even before this world an order of things existed of which our mind can form an idea,... Read more

James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky tackle the cultural trend (if not more) of thinking we can resolve our moral debates by greater science. Their book is called Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality. Their third chapter examines what happens with the Enlightenment and its aftermath into the 20th Century. It makes for a very good read. And so it was that the Enlightenment spawned optimism about the power of human reason to systematically comprehend... Read more

Miroslav Volf continues to open up doors to bigger and bigger discussions, this time with Matthew Croasmun. The title of their new short, but action-packed, book is For the Life of the World, and the subtitle packs their punch: Theology That Makes a Difference. Their big claim: “academic theology ought to be, but today largely isn’t, about what matters the most — the true life in the presence of God.” Theologians are not concerned enough with ultimate questions and the world’s destiny... Read more