Dr. Lawson Stone shares 7 points we must keep in mind when encountering violence in the Old Testament. In this video, he addresses whether the book of Joshua provides a warrant for violence and warfare
This video installment of Asbury Seminary’s “Seven Minute Seminary” the first of at least 3 parts addressing the issue of violence in the Old Testament. The topic is one close to my heart, and one
You’ve heard it on the news. You might have seen the interview Paula Deen gave on the Today Show. I found it hard viewing. She was a classical, older southerner and Matt Lauer clearly clueless
Dr. Lawson Stone shares 7 points we must keep in mind when encountering violence in the Old Testament. View our growing playlist of Seven Minute Seminary here.
So, walking into the room filled with gas fumes that was the upset king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, we’ve noticed Daniel could confront the fear and insanity of the moment because Daniel found a way to
I think there is much we can learn from Daniel in general, and particularly from the story of Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity in Daniel 4, about how believers can live and work in a violent, dangerous, frightened,
I was given a last minute assignment to preach in the Asbury Seminary chapel on Tuesday April 16. With no particular idea prominent on my mind, I simply selected Old Testament text from the Daily
We’ve looked at two kinds of “theology,” by which I really don’t mean merely our intellectual systems of doctrine, but the wider reality of our doctrinal convictions in the context of our character and relationships.
Note: I realize that I used the David Bentley Hart quotation at the end of this article in my last piece, about two weeks ago. I used it in the homily, and didn’t want to
Contemplating the events that transpired yesterday in Boston, the savaging of the runners and their friends and family during that part of the Boston Marathon that is mostly about ordinary runners, their friends, and their
So this week, Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank House. The now infamous story involves the comment he wrote in the guest book. He wrote, “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a
reFlectionary: musings on Old Testament readings from the Daily Office Lectionary. Season after Pentecost, Proper 13, Thursday (August 9, 2012) Finishing Well: Gideon Judges 8:22-35 Someone has defined “ambivalence” as watching your mother-in-law drive over a cliff…in
