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Religion

God and guns often go together in US history — this course examines why

The Conversation Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “God and Guns: the History of Faith and Firearms in America” What prompted the idea for the course? As a religion professor, ...

Religious Briefs

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Spring with new life blooms

Spring is here. After the cold and darkness of winter, we all rejoice as the earth awakens with new life. I love spring. The tulips begin to creep up from the ground, the grass begins to green and the trees bud. Spring rain reminds us that new life is ready to come forth. When I owned a ...

The world can never be the way it was again

John 20:1-9 They always hugged the coast. During the time of Homer, Greek sailors never sailed out of sight of land. When they sailed, they hugged the coast because any seagoing ship would be lost. According to their belief systems the sea was filled with deadly monsters. Their “map of ...

Seasons remind us of God’s divine plan

Greetings of love in the precious name of Jesus! Spring has sprung, and along with it comes so much activity. So many “things” that clamor for our attention...and yet, that too familiar feeling of discontentment shrouds our thinking and we can quickly forget how desperate we were for Spring ...

Jesus worked to uphold the Torah

By Mark Ostrowski In the Michael W Smith song “Open the Eyes of my Heart”, the singer cries out to have the eyes of their heart opened to see the Lord high and lifted up shining in the light of His glory. Is this the cry of your heart? Do you desire to have the Lord open your eyes to His ...