The premise of Why Christians Should Not Tithe is simple: God, having freed his people from the Law through faith in Jesus Christ, does not place on them a burden from the Law. The thesis is equall...więcej »
The Bible is literature as well as a sacred text. For this reason, the application of contemporary methods of literary criticism to the study of Scripture can yield rich benefits. Robert Karris' ex...więcej »
""Inevitably there comes a crisis, sooner or later . . .
in which we are brought to the appalling sense of our own . . . weakness. That is a great hour.""
-- G. Campbell Morgan
G. Camp...więcej »
Despite a plurality of doctrinal statements on war, peace, and nonviolence, some United Methodists sustain a commitment to nonviolence. Through qualitative research, Practicing Discipleship draws o...więcej »
This text provides a novel approach to a critical issue--the potential of pain. Initially, the potential of pain is explored by way of paradise lost, as an explanation of why things are as we exper...więcej »
The island of Crete was a tough place. It was to the Roman world what the urban ghettos and favelas of today's great cities are to our neighborhoods. Paul needed a young missionary with energy, zea...więcej »
""The verb walk is a Hebraism. It comprehends the total expression of one's life in th world as a thinking, speaking, living, acting, and interacting human being. The way one walks is the way one l...więcej »
Utilizing Mark and Luke-Acts as case studies, Norman Petersen moves beyond redaction criticism to show both the necessity and the possibility for literary criticism to be an integral part of the hi...więcej »