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Bible: Temptations of kings — and Jesus

The connection between the passages from 1 Kings in our previous lesson and Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness might not be obvious. But what if

Ted Grimsrud

January 27, 2020

Powell: This year, a silent revolution

I marvel at the revolutionary and transforming work of Jesus. He was passionate, direct and God-directed. Religious and secular power brokers considered him a threat

John Powell

January 27, 2020

Yoder-Short: Misreading Bathsheba

New analysis indicates that when King David saw Bathsheba, she wasn’t bathing nude but “was actually heading out the door to run some errands while

Jane Yoder-Short

January 27, 2020

Showalter: Acts of Apostles go on

Richard Showalter wrote this column shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer on Dec. 14 at the age of 74. His columns have blessed and

Richard Showalter

January 27, 2020

Kinsinger: I made my own wedding dress

I made my own wedding dress. I have sewed dresses for myself since I was a teenager, moving from frustration and seam rippers to calm

Lucinda J. Kinsinger

January 27, 2020

Kennel-Shank: Everything is mission

Mission is a word that evokes a wide variety of responses in people I know. In some contexts it’s primarily connected to spies, the military

Celeste Kennel-Shank

January 13, 2020

Kriss: Saturday night at Chick-Fil-A

I turned around to see a young woman with a blue hijab trying to stop a girl squealing loudly and running. It’s a Saturday night

Stephen Kriss

January 13, 2020

Kraybill: Revolt’s unintended results

No, I didn’t slide open the tomb of an ancient revolutionary in Israel. But I did rest on the half-open lid of what might be

J. Nelson Kraybill

January 13, 2020

Bible: The clash of king and covenant

The eighth chapter of 1 Kings may capture the moment in the Old Testament where the two great covenants — Davidic and Mosaic — come

Ted Grimsrud

January 13, 2020

Longhurst: No longer on top

“Hello, massa. Bottom rail on top this time.” That’s what a freed black slave in the Union army is reported to have said when he

John Longhurst

January 13, 2020

Book review: Terror, Faith and Relief

The late Mennonite Brethren writer Katie Funk Wiebe, who died in 2016, was passionate about translating Die Hungersnot in Russland und Unsere Reise um die

Rich Preheim

January 13, 2020

Washington Witness: North American aid needs North Korean hands

When we walk into the hospital dining room, we see a young girl seated waiting to eat. She is an inpatient at a pediatric hospital

Katerina Parsons

December 23, 2019

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