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There’s a lot of change taking place in higher education, and Christian higher ed is no exception. Some seminaries are experiencing tremendous growth while others have declined. Some have even closed. The latest data from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) showed several schools, including four Southern Baptist schools (Midwestern, Gateway, Southeastern, and New Orleans) […]
At one level, Anglicanism is simply the church of the “Angles,” the people of England. However, the English eventually exerted control over the entire island of Britain and Ireland before creating an empire that stretched across the whole world. Wherever the English empire went, the Anglican Church went with it. Anglicanism is now found worldwide, […]
Crucifixion is at the center of Christianity. Yet Paul calls the cross of Jesus a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to the Greeks. Removed as we are from that culture, we often miss just how shocking crucifixion was. We wear gold crosses as jewelry. We display beautiful, polished crucifixes in our sanctuaries. However, the reality of this Roman execution was unimaginably horrifying and shameful.