As we head into another week of work, family activity, leisure, and meeting for worship in our local church congregations, we will be given many opportunities to act and speak with courage and conviction. After all, moral courage it is not merely for people in high positions — King Josiah, Martin Luther, William Wilberforce —…
By the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli Monday I gave a rundown on the plot elements and poetic licenses issued for the second installment of The Bible on History Channel. Today let’s go back to a theme that was evident in the first episode and see if it carries through the second. That would be the…
By the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli In my quest for enrichment material to aid my Bible teaching, I am watching with interest a dramatic rendition of the Bible in ten hours of television. The second installment in History Channel’s five-part miniseries The Bible covers the period in Israel’s history from the conquest of Jericho (from…