by Daniel Berge | Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
“How can you say one interpretation is right, and another is wrong? Aren’t they all just interpretations?” I hear this question in the New Testament classes I teach every year. Usually, when my students express this, they are sincerely wrestling with an...
by Lukas Kjolhaug | Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission
What do Amy Grant, Taylor Swift, Lauren Daigle, and Dr. Seuss have in common? They have all been “canceled.” In the 1990s, Christian bookstores pulled Grant’s music from their shelves after her divorce. Swift was publicly shamed when the hashtag...
by Roy Heggland | Faith & Fellowship magazine
In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus made it clear that everyone with whom we come in contact is our neighbor. Jesus used the example of someone from Samaria being the neighbor to a beaten and dying Jew. Normally, Jews and Samaritans had nothing to do with each...
by Karen Stenberg | Faith & Fellowship magazine, WMCLB
As I walked up to the park and saw my friend there, it had been so long since I had seen her in person. It was nice to see her face-to-face again, but I wondered how I would be received. “How are you?” I asked. She answered “It’s been rough. I miss food at...
by Jason Lindahl | Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission
“One cherished value at Community of Joy Church in Eagan, Minnesota is right in the name—community. This means spending time together both during worship and at other planned and unplanned gathering times. Equally important is the idea of extending that...
by Phil Heiser | Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission
“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep...
