The Prayer of Jabez revisited
The Old Testament prayer of Jabez sounds remarkably familiar. It sounds like a cornerstone of the prosperity gospel: give me more. Where is the Jabez-style prayer for others?
Sympathy, Solidarity, and Silence: Three European Baptist Responses to the Holocaust (Book excerpt)
How could a movement that was founded in part by the son of a Jewish rabbi, reconcile its Jewish-influenced heritage with its hopes to thrive in an antisemitic Third Reich?
'To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance': Responding to the rising tide of antisemitism
Antisemitism is among the most entrenched and pervasive forms of hatred and bigotry in the United States.
Saying yes to God demands saying no to injustice
Against the backdrop of Nazi Germany, Dietrich Bonhoeffer charged his youngest new church members that "Your Yes to God demands your No to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and the poor, to all godlessness and mocking of the Holy."
Getting our Jesus right
For effective Christian leaders, Christ is the cornerstone of our leadership as much as he is the chief cornerstone of our faith. This is when our leading becomes servant-leadership and spills over into our discipleship and our evangelism. It is the kind of leadership that we are called to by the one who calls us to serve and to lead others.