10 Things I Learned While in the Middle East
BY: JON HUCKINS -- Over the past four years I have had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of...
How To (and Not To) Respond to the Current Crisis in the Middle East
BY: JON HUCKINS -- My heart is heavy. Every day for the past week, every social media outlet has...
God Doesn’t Need our Political Endorsement
One of the most disappointing political events I have witnessed this year as a Christian was the clumsy maneuvering two days ago by the Democratic National Convention to put “God and Jerusalem” back in their po...
When All of Abraham’s Children Share a Table: A Moment I’ll Never Forget
BY: JON HUCKINS -- Hebron is known as one of the most volatile cities in the whole region...
Senator Coburn Says “Look What I Found”
At the first of the year I accepted my pastor’s challenge to read through the Bible. I’ve finished reading about the kings of Israel and Judah, and none of them were what you’d call angels. God gave them a lot...
The Disease of Building Theology in the Theoretical
I love and am enlivened by intellectual stimulation, specifically in relation to the integration of theology and ethics. In many ways, I feel that I am hardwired for this stuff.
The other night my NieuCommu...
"The land is mine" (the importance of Leviticus 25:23)
As the debate rages within Christianity over what the Bible teaches about economic "fairness, " a key chapter to peruse is Leviticus 25, which introduces the concept of the year of the jubilee that Jesus procl...
An Opportunity for Justice: Israel and Palestine
Recently I was in Palestine/Israel as a speaker for a conference sponsored by the Bethlehem Bible College entitled “Christ at the Checkpoint.” The Conference was designed for Palestinian Christians and to conve...
An Unholy Wall in the Holy Land
I just returned from Bethlehem, and brought this nativity scene back as a gift. It’s a beautifully hand-carved nativity made from the olive wood distinct to the region. But you can also see something else...
Is That Any Way to Treat a Bible?
We are not Catholic, but for a variety of reasons we sent our daughter to Catholic schools.
In a high school religion class, the teacher approached my daughter during class, took her Bible and was horrified...