by Jeremy Bell | Jun 6, 2021 | General
This has been such an overwhelming and tumultuous week, I have tried to find ways of expressing the overwhelming sadness and I have found in part with Ray Aldred of the Vancouver School of Theology. – Jeremy Bell, General Secretary of the NABF. As Canada...
by Jeremy Bell | Jun 1, 2021 | General
There are a lot of problematic ideas animating American Christianity today. The false hopes stirred by the prosperity gospel linger. White supremacist and patriarchal readings of scripture continue to deny the Image of God and equal humanity inherent in each person...
by Jeremy Bell | May 30, 2021 | General
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — When White attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa. By the church’s own account, the attackers thought the brick...
by Jeremy Bell | May 26, 2021 | General
I have a bias that causes me to gravitate towards smart Christians. When someone accomplished in business, science, or other areas of intellectual achievement professes faith in Jesus Christ, I take notice. There’s comfort in realizing someone with more mental...
by Jeremy Bell | May 19, 2021 | General
Faith and politics are intertwined for Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock, shown here on the campaign trail last year, returns to Georgia most weekends to deliver his sermons, peppered with mentions of his work in the Senate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)...
by Jeremy Bell | May 19, 2021 | General
As this year’s Pentecost celebration approaches for congregations, the parallels feel stronger than normal to that initial moment when the Holy Spirit was poured out on Jesus’s disciples. This year the Spirit arrives as a yearlong pandemic hopefully draws towards an...
