An Old Debate Over Religion in School Is Opening up Again
Last year, officials in 6 states considered permitting study of the Bible in classrooms. President Trump has tweeted support, and later this week plans new “guidance on constitutional prayer in...
View ArticleWe Need To Re-Think Muslim-Jewish Relations in the U.S.
We need robust, comprehensive, and genuine friendships between Jews and Muslims in the United States, and ones which go far beyond discussions of the Israel-Palestine conflict. For many years I’ve been...
View ArticlePurim At The Farmer’s Market: How Helping Others Lets Us Show Ourselves
The last many months have been hard for most people. We are hungry — for food, for human connection, for a sense of belonging and groundedness in a hurting world. It is against this backdrop that Jews...
View ArticleHow the Bible Gives Us the Compass We Need for America’s Turmoil Now
By Noah Lawrence “Unprecedented” is one of our most frequent words for these challenging times in America. We have witnessed astonishing political turmoil and even violence, reaching a climax during...
View ArticleKarl Marx vs. Apostle Paul: Where do Americans find their Kingdom?
By Robert Orlando Communism or Christianity? Given their origins, we might quickly conclude that these worldviews are irreconcilable, and they might be. Yet, they have one thing in common, which might...
View ArticleThe Little-Known Jewish History in the Heart of Germany
By Ken Chitwood Berkach lies in the bucolic borderlands between the German states of Bavaria and Thuringia. Formerly divided by the hard boundary between former East (GDR) and West Germany, the...
View ArticleWhy Evangelicals Are Slow to Get Vaccinated and How to Remedy It
By Peter E. Watts I am a pro-science, a Christian and I’ve been vaccinated. Why do I feel the need to clarify that I am pro-science before stating that I am a Christian? It’s 2021. Isn’t everyone, even...
View ArticleGuide To Planning Your Church Security
If you want to create a safe and secure place of worship for the attendees of your church, you will need to take these steps.
View ArticleFaith Like a Roundabout: Religion and Gen Z in an Uncertain World
Gen Z is deconstructing traditional religion, a trend that is likely here to stay.
View ArticleReviving the Divine Feminine with Beth Ames Swartz
“I fit into the under-recognized older women artists category. My work is particularly difficult because you cannot put it in a box and say, ‘Okay, she was a feminist. Okay, she was an...
View ArticleMy Visit to the Holy Land
The Holy Land (Al-Ard-al-Muqaddasah) is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River. It is synonymously linked with Palestine and the biblical land of...
View ArticleIs Progressive Christianity Counterfeit Gospel?
Today there are more options for spiritual enlightenment than ever before. One that I continue to hear about is Progressive Christianity. In my efforts to better understand this movement, I’ve...
View ArticleTruth is Narrow, but God’s Grace is Wide
By Bruce B. Miller Have you ever heard the standard advice not to discuss religion or politics at the dinner table? Conversations around both subjects can be tense, awkward and downright...
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