Identity in Christ and Sports
ESPN Films 30 for 30 is known for their excellent films over the last several years. Perhaps one of the best from this series is the documentary highlighting the life of Marcus Dupree. Marcus was a highly touted high school football player during the early 1980s who eventually played for the University of Oklahoma and the Los Angeles Rams. Marcus’s football career was cut short due to a knee injury that forced him to leave the game....
We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry – Book Review
by Daniel A. Webster The average American Christian is quick to dismiss a book about idolatry on the grounds that worshipping graven figurines is not a modern church practice. However, when one considers that over one-third of the world’s population claims to be Hindu, Buddhist, or Catholic—all of which implement statues or icons in their worship—the topic seems strikingly pertinent. Even still, for many American pastors, the topic of...
Created in His Image: Ethical Concerns with Human Cloning
As Christians living in the 21st century, we face a number of issues for which Paul of Tarsus has no specific instruction. In the past few years, various biotechnologies have emerged from the realm of science fiction to everyday reality. This reality was pushed to the forefront when Ian Wilmut and the Roslin Institute announced that they had cloned the first large mammal (Dolly the sheep) in 1997.[1] That an adult sheep can be cloned...
Lessons from Mars Hill
by Dr. Jeff Cockrell A recent survey suggests that a question once firmly identified with American evangelism is no longer pertinent: “If you were to die tonight, do you know for sure that you would go to heaven?” [1] While societal ideology may be changing somewhat, people are searching for truth [2]. The myriad of voices offering their views and opinions makes it difficult for the credulous person to know what to believe. Thus, they...
A Gracious Hope: Isaiah’s Biblical Theology of Creation
Good authors know how to weave important themes throughout the tapestry of their texts. For example, Homer does this masterfully with honor and respect in the Iliad (ca. 1194-84 bc), Augustine with citizenship and heaven in City of God (ca. 413-26), Chaucer with religion and social class in The Canterbury Tales (ca. late-1380s), and Hawthorne with sin and legalism in The Scarlet Letter (1850). How much more reliable is this truism...
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