Calling Antisemitism a Sin in Nazi Germany without Retaliation
A seldom remembered Baptist World Alliance meeting denounced Nazi sins and helped inspire untold generations…
Slave Spirituals Connect Us with Christ
Learn a bit about coded meanings in slave spirituals and the twisted version of Christianity that slave-holders taught them.
What’s Dove Got to Do With it?
What is the cultural significance of doves in the Bible? What can we learn from the different ways doves appear in scripture?
A Profoundly Unexpected Light for Christmas Eve
In 1965, a huge meteorite exploded over Barwell, England on Christmas Eve.
Hospitality the Greco-Roman Way
Why was hospitality so important to Greco-Romans? What did it look like for them?
Holy Man-Eating Apocrypha!
The apostle Matthias confronts some magical, terrifying cannibals in a 4th-5th century nonbiblical book.
Shepherd Leadership during Crisis
Cyprian ran from the crisis, but came back to remind the people that being a martyr wasn’t the only worthy Christian life. Serve the suffering here and now.
Baking Bread in Jesus’s Day
When women baked bread, they didn’t do it alone. It was done in community – sharing resources and growing closer together.
Selma March: Are You Tired?
The hatred, the violence, the chaos of Bloody Sunday… Still they marched from Selma to Montgomery. Rev. Dr. King spoke words of life to a weary people.
The Star of Bethlehem according to John Chrysostom
Even 1,500 years ago, John Chrysostom had a lot of questions about the star…