by Thomas Kidd
As a believer in Christ and a professor of American history, there is no greater teaching dilemma I face than that of Slavery and Scripture. At times, part of me dearly wishes there were an eleventh commandment in the Bible that says, “Thou shalt not own slaves.” That...
by Austin Suter
In this final post of 2021, I’m compiling some of my top ten posts from this past year. I have excluded posts by staff and have listed these in no particular order with a brief explanation for why I chose each piece. Hope you enjoy this year in review. -Austin Why I...
by Austin Suter
The older I get, the more I like Christmas. It means more to me than it used to. This is the time of year when I turn on Andrew Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God and am regularly moved to tears at the thought of God becoming man for us. When we celebrate the...
by Blake Long
The doctrine of the imago Dei—the image of God—is foundational to the Christian faith. We believe all people—man, woman, the unborn—have inherent value, worth, and dignity because they’re created by God (Genesis 1:27). Humanity is sacred because of the imago Dei. We...
by Bobby Scott
I love everything about Thanksgiving. I love gathering family and friends together in my home, so many that you’d think my house would burst at the seams. The “foodie” in me loves eating traditional Thanksgiving dishes—in my house that’s turkey, ham, mac & cheese,...
by Matt McCullough
In January of 2021, the church I helped to plant merged with a historic congregation in another city-center neighborhood a few miles across town. For ten years we’d been meeting in a school building, and COVID revealed how unstable that scenario always was. After the...
