Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

On Scripture - The Bible

Home

Home
Progressive Christian

2014-09-15T17:21:13+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Blessing Those Who Have Cursed Us (Jonah 3:10—4:11)

Last updated on: September 15, 2014 at 5:21 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Eric D. Barreto. Volunteers channel faith, compassion, and muscle into new homes for the poor. Sometimes, we teach children the oddest Bible stories. It is certainly curious that we would decorate baby nurseries with images from the story of Noah’s Ark. The smiling elephants in the comically tiny boat must always be blocking out the mass of humanity and animal life drowning under a seemingly never-ending deluge. The story of Jonah is another favorite in the Sunday School classroom.... Read more

2014-09-08T16:56:38+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Foolishness (1 Corinthians 1:18-24)

Last updated on: September 8, 2014 at 4:56 pm By Guest Contributor

By Margaret Aymer. Children are suffering from violence in the U.S. and around the world. Thug. Thief. Pot smoker. He should have surrendered to the authorities. Terrorists. Anti-Semites. They use their own children as human shields. It’s their own fault that thousands of their children are dead. Illegals. Drug smugglers. Who cares if their average age is under 13, if they are prey to gangs and sex traffickers? They are coming across the border to attack our women. Michael Brown.... Read more

2014-08-29T22:15:31+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

A Strange Summer Vacation (Romans 13:8-14)

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 10:15 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Barbara K. Lundblad. Five students from different faiths travel the world in pursuit of interfaith dialogue. “What did you do on your summer vacation?” Even now students may be answering that question in essays at the start of this new school year. Maybe you wrote such a paper years ago. No matter what you did or where you went this past summer, it was almost impossible to escape the heaviness of the headlines. Thousands of children traveled alone from... Read more

2014-08-27T16:16:33+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

God Hears the Cries of #Ferguson: A Burning Bush and a World on Fire

Last updated on: August 27, 2014 at 4:16 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Keith Anderson. What can the people of faith do about racism in America? “Then the LORD said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people…I have heard their cry…Indeed, I know their sufferings…’” – Exodus 3:7 For the last few weeks, the eyes of America have been riveted on the town of Ferguson, Missouri, a formerly little-known suburb of St. Louis. It was there on August 9th that an unarmed African-American teenager named Mike Brown was shot six... Read more

2014-08-27T16:17:49+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Sweaty Spirituality: Fighting Obesity with Paul (Romans 12:1-8)

Last updated on: August 27, 2014 at 4:17 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Jacob D. Myers Obesity is hitting the current generation of US children particularly hard. Do you want to know a secret about working out? Here it is: we don’t grow our muscles in the gym. When we lift weights we perform controlled damage to our bodies; we literally tear our muscle fibers, forcing our bodies to adapt. We improve outside of the gym by consuming healthy foods. To “battle the bulge” requires a commitment to strenuous exercise and healthy... Read more

2014-08-15T20:35:35+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Preaching Reflections on Michael Brown and Ferguson

Last updated on: August 15, 2014 at 8:35 pm By Guest Contributor

In light of this week’s events in Ferguson, Missouri, several of our ON Scripture writers took a few moments to reflect upon what they would/will be preaching on this Sunday. To continue the conversation, join us on Twitter at #onscripture. Eric D. Barreto Associate Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary The last thing a preacher wants to do on a Saturday night is to log into Facebook. I exaggerate, of course, but I found myself scrambling last week when I... Read more

2014-08-08T20:54:04+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Last updated on: August 8, 2014 at 8:54 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Kimberly D. Russaw. People talk about how they give to those in need. Those readers who have a passing acquaintance with the biblical story of Joseph may simply remember him for his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, while others more theologically invested in Scripture may understand Joseph’s as a story of God’s providence. Still others may read this story at the end of Genesis as one about a younger brother’s largess surprising his bullying older brothers as a literary forerunner to... Read more

2014-08-04T19:57:21+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Our Dysfunctional Families (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)

Last updated on: August 4, 2014 at 7:57 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Rev. David Lewicki. People talk about their families and sibling relationships. Before I knew God, I knew Joseph. If you grew up in the ’80s, like I did, there’s a decent chance that your earliest knowledge of Joseph’s story came through a local high school or community theater production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. That musical (by Broadway legends Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) playfully (and rather faithfully) tells the story of a young boy, the... Read more

2014-07-28T19:33:24+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Could Loaves and Fishes Change the Immigration Dilemma? (Matthew 14:13-21)

Last updated on: July 28, 2014 at 7:33 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Verity Jones. People react to the dramatic rise in unaccompanied children arriving illegally in the U.S. from Central America. In June, reporters for The Washington Post described the deplorable detention conditions of the Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas. “The sick are separated by flimsy strips of yellow police tape from the crying babies and expectant mothers. They subsist on bologna sandwiches and tacos, with portable toilets and no showers, and their wait can last for days.” Soon after... Read more

2014-07-18T21:13:25+00:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

More than Conquerors: Romans 8:26-39 and Disability

Last updated on: July 18, 2014 at 9:13 pm By Odyssey Networks

By Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles. “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” (Romans 8:37 NRSV). I hope you’ve all read or seen The Fault in Our Stars by now. Each of the main characters has a disability: Gus has a prosthesis after his leg is amputated; Hazel remains on an oxygen tank due to faulty lungs; Isaac becomes blind during the course of the movie. I wonder how this verse from Romans would... Read more

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What Christian group follows the "Three Self Principle" in church governance?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Chinese Protestant Churches Orthodox Christians Seventh-day Adventists Quakers

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category On Scripture Uncategorized

Select a Month April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Progressive Christian