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A historian explains how evangelicals use shallow readings of the Bible to support a political agenda
by John Fea, Messiah College A devout evangelical Christian friend of mine recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus went around healing lepers and touched them without fear of getting leprosy," he said. This story that St. Luke tells in his gospel (17:11-19) is not the only Bible verse I have seen and heard evangelical Christians use to justify anti-vaccine convictions.
Cherry-picking the Bible and using verses out of context isn't a practice confined to those opposed to vaccines
A devout evangelical Christian friend of mine recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. "Jesus went around healing lepers and touched them without fear of getting leprosy," he said. This story that St. Luke tells in his gospel (17:11-19) is not the only Bible verse I have seen and heard evangelical Christians use to justify anti-vaccine convictions.
Hans Landis : Swiss Anabaptist Martyr in Seventeenth Century Documents, introduced, transcribed, and translated by James W. Lowry, co-edited by David J. Rempel Smucker and John L. Ruth
This book focuses on Hans Landis, an early Anabaptist ordained minister and leader of Anabaptists in the area around Zurich , Switzerland. As such, he was a likely target for persecution by church and civil authorities. On various occasions they questioned him, banished him from the state, and ordered his execution in 1614.
Emerson B. Powery
Professor of Biblical Studies Powery joined the Messiah faculty as Professor of Biblical Studies in 2008. His research, writing, and editing relates to the New Testament, including Jesus Reads Scripture (Brill, 2003) and True to Our Native Land: An African American NT Commentary (Fortress/Augsburg, 2007).
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Alum goes from working for President Phipps to Philly mayor's office
While most of Philadelphia sleeps, an alarm buzzes at 3 a.m. After prayer and a morning workout, Louisa Mfum-Mensah ’12 gets to work. As the special aide to Mayor Jim Kenney, she compiles event details and talking points for the day. It’s funny how things work out, because this isn’t her first rodeo serving a community leader. While at Messiah, she worked in the office of President Kim Phipps, honing an already detail-oriented skill set.
How the American Bible Society became evangelical
The American Bible Society, an organization that for over 200 years has been on a mission of distributing Bibles, has produced a statement of faith and lifestyle expectations that must be signed by all employees. The statement, which the ABS is calling an “Affirmation of Biblical Community,” requires employees to embrace a host of Christian beliefs and practices, including that marriage is between a man and a woman. Many gay ABS employees have already left the organization.
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The Pietist Option
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Recent Research on Divine Violence in the Old Testament (with Special Attention to Christian Theological Perspectives)
Many readers of the Bible are troubled by passages in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that portray God behaving violently and commanding others to do likewise. This article offers a survey of various ways contemporary scholars—particularly Christian scholars—have attempted to respond to the moral and theological challenges these troubling texts inevitably raise for modern readers. The contributions considered here are mostly from the past twenty years.
Homeschooled children do not grow up to be more religious
An estimated two million children are being homeschooled in the United States. Scholars studying homeschooling often talk about the academic achievement of homeschoolers or their social skills. But, as important as those things are, they are not the main concern of many families who choose homeschooling.
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