No, Jack Collins–Professor of Old Testament at Covenant Seminary–has not decided to retire. At least I have no insider knowledge of anything of the sort. In a recent piece on Sapientia, though, Jack did suggest that the usefulness of genre has run its course. “Let’s send the word genre off to a comfortable retirement,” Jack…

A harmonious choir, at least at the level of the national media, continues to sing that all kinds of discriminatory behaviors still plague us and separate us. Separation and disharmony among people hinders image-flourishing for all because flourishing can occur only in and with individuals as they, in turn, are contributing in numerous ways to…

Desiderius Erasmus on Luke 24:25-27 The Jews honor Moses almost as a god because he led the people of Israel out of Egypt, and in the desert he gave the law for them to observe and thus obtain salvation and come into a land flowing with milk and honey. Yet what else was that Moses…

In my last attempt at some needed soul searching, I reflected on Dr. King’s challenge for oppressed people to learn to forgive. I shared how uneasy this thought made me feel because of my problematic tendency to never forget a slight, much less a clear demonstrations of disrespect. It is hard to let go of…

Human beings are made in the image of a good God who also provides indicators of what constitutes the “good” in his creation. Human beings are more human to the degree that they “image” God. In recent days I have been made aware of the fact that my reflections to this point have been oriented…