How Churches Became Cruise Ships
In a book I read recently, the prism was turned, which allowed me to understand the plight of church attendance in a whole different light. This book, bringing me through the ’50s and into the ’60s and ’70s, captured a phenomenon that began to occur...
Hushai: Another Reason Why I Pray
Perhaps you have sometimes struggled to pray and wondered: “Does my prayer work?” Well, something from a story found in II Samuel and a figure named Hushai has caused me to push through those thoughts and engage in a daily habit of prayer. It is very...
Book Review: Jerusalem in the Times of Jesus by Joachim Jeremias
It was long overdue when the translation of Joachim Jeremias’ premier scholarship on Jerusalem’s economic, social, and cultural conditions in the first Christian century was produced. Joachim, son of the theologian and Assyriologist Friedrich Jeremias, also the...