Inspiration
Faith & Prayer
Health &
Wellness
Entertainment
Love &
Family
Newsletters
Special Offers
Jesus Creed
ADA and Joni
By
Scot McKnight
From CNN.com… What is your local church doing? (CNN) — As I sat on the White House lawn 20 years ago and watched President George H.W. Bush sign the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, I knew it was a grand day for disabled people. However, I also knew that we still had a long way…
Goodbye Middle Class
By
Scot McKnight
Here’s something to think about and discuss: Is the middle class disappearing? From Yahoo! Finance (via HT: BB) The 22 statistics detailed here prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in America. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at a staggering…
Our Common Prayerbook 24 – 3
By
Scot McKnight
Psalm 24:7-10 is a double-set of exclamations: in both v. 7 and v. 9 the psalmist exhorts the gates to open, and in vv. 8 and 10 the psalmist describes YHWH and his entrance into the Temple. In the flow of the psalm, everything changes from vv. 2 to 3 and then from vv. 6…
Imagine a World 1
By
Scot McKnight
Parables sometimes get a bum rap. For too many and for too long Christians have read the parables as illustrations of propositions found more clearly in other texts. So, it is argued, Jesus gives a parable about the pearl of great price — a parable that seemingly tells his followers to give it all up…
4
5
6
7
8
archives
most recent
search
this
blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners