by Jeremy Bell | Oct 17, 2020 | General
(RNS) — Over the past five years, the U.S. has seen a marked increase in political violence — from an uptick in hate crimes nationally to the attempted assassinations of leading political figures to threats of violence against female politicians...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 16, 2020 | General
After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 16, 2020 | General
(RNS) — Timothy Filston, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Thomasville, Georgia, had a request for his mask-wearing congregation during a recent sermon. “Give me all you can through your eyebrows,” said Filston. The church has begun meeting again in person for...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 16, 2020 | General
Jack Goodyear In 2020, there is little need to convince someone American politics increasingly are hyperpartisan. As Paul Taylor wrote in The Next America, hyperpartisanship is “arguably the most powerful force in twenty-first-century American politics.” He...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 15, 2020 | General
Bethany Rivera Molinar, president of the Texas Christian Community Development Network and operations director of Ciudad Nueva in El Paso, challenged No Need Among You online conference participants to consider the lenses through which they interpret Scripture. No...
by Jeremy Bell | Oct 12, 2020 | General
AARON MORRISON, AP NEW YORK (AP) — For Jimmy Gates Sr., the 2008 presidential election year was one to remember — and not just because it yielded a historic result as the nation elected its first Black president. The pastor of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Cleveland...
