Article Archive for December 2020
Dear Friends,
Many of our religious traditions have become silent or subdued regarding the once-robust theme of divine justice. Some of us might recall the days of the Great Awakening, which gave us the passionate preacher …
The Arc and the Road: A Journey Towards a More Just Society by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa
Bible Quotes on Divine Justice compiled by Rev. Dr. Darla Dee Turlington
Quotes on Divine Justice compiled by Rev. Dr. …
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously summarized the 19th century abolitionist Theodore Parker thus: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
The apostle Paul reminds us that God “reconciled …
No, for I have chosen him [Abraham], that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what …
From AZ Quotes, goodreads.com, quotemaster.org, www.christianquotes.info
Human justice is very prolix, and yet at times quite mediocre; divine justice is more concise and needs no information from the prosecution, no legal papers, no interrogation of witnesses, but …
Andrew Linzey. Animal Theology. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995. 224 pages. $19.95.
At the end of the book of Jonah, God asks his prophet “should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which …
A year ago nobody could have imagined what we would experience every day under the COVID-19 pandemic. This unexpected pandemic has thrown us into an unwelcome new normal, reshaping our ordinary lives drastically. For those …
For many modern Bible readers, the words “dream” and “vision” are equivalent, which is unsurprising as the Bible itself often uses these terms in parallel. But the two are not the same. While visions can …
“I don’t want this pandemic. I don’t want to be stuck inside my home. I don’t want to be locked out of my favorite coffee shop. I don’t want to wonder if I’m going to …
In many societies and traditions in the Ancient Near East, “dreams have been regarded as having fortune-telling relevance.” [1] In many ways, relevance is the result of the very nature of the dream. Because dreams are “uncontrollable …
Like many of us in this extraordinary year, I have found myself at times taking refuge in small comforts and amusements. Of the many internet memes that have given me a much-needed laugh during the …
