K - PEOPLE FILES
- Kevin Kabel - Walter Kaiser Jr - Val Kalende - Mike Kalstrup - Israel Kamudzandu - Kapya Kaoma - Reid Kapple - Bahjat Karakach - Jim Karch - Hannah Kardon - Mor Boutros Kassis - Mary Kathryn - Brian Kaylor - David Kaywood - Stephen Kaziimba - Mike Keahbone - Chris Kearney - Liz Kearny - Craig Keener - Lyndsay Keith - Michael Kelly -
==kevin kabel======
Paul said in one verse what Solomon said in two when he said, “Wherefore let him that THINKETH he standeth take heed lest he fall” 1 Corinthians 10:12. Becoming self-sufficient is the slow, deceptive and dangerous way of removing God from your life. How can a person truly prosper without the direction of an Almighty God?
--Pastor Kevin Kabel
--Pastor Kevin Kabel
==Walter Kaiser jr======
Walter C. Kaiser Jr. (born April 11, 1933) is an American Evangelical Old Testament scholar, writer, public speaker, and educator. Kaiser is the Colman M. Mockler distinguished Professor of Old Testament and former President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, retired June 30, 2006. He was succeeded by James Emery White.
Walter Kaiser
Walter Kaiser summarized what he considered to be the eight kinds of suffering in the Old Testament:
- Retributive suffering involves people receiving punishment for their wicked behavior (cf. Deut. 30:19). This is the kind of suffering that Jeremiah described the people of Jerusalem and Judah undergoing in Lamentations. It is also the kind of suffering that Job's three friends incorrectly concluded that he was experiencing.
- Educational or disciplinary suffering is what God allows to touch people in order to teach them various lessons (cf. Prov. 3:11; Jer. 8:18-21; 15:15; Heb. 12:7). Job's friend Elihu erroneously believed that Job was suffering primarily because God wanted to teach Job something (Job 32—37).
- Vicarious suffering is suffering that people experience on the behalf of others (Lev. 16; Isa. 53:5). The Old Testament sacrificial system, for example, involved this kind of suffering.
- Empathetic suffering is suffering that someone experiences when he or she enters into the suffering of someone else (cf. Gen. 6:5-6; Exod. 32:14; Judg. 2:15; 1 Sam. 15:11; Isa. 63:9; Hos. 11:8; Rom. 12:15; 2 Cor. 2:4).
- Doxological suffering occurs when God purposes to glorify Himself through the suffering of someone (cf. Gen. 45:4, 5, 7; 50:20; John 9:3).
- Evidential or testimonial suffering is suffering for the purpose of bearing testimony to something (Job 1—2; Ps. 73:23-24; Hab. 1:13; 2:4; 3:16, 18).
- Revelational suffering is suffering designed to bring someone into a deeper understanding and closer relationship with God (e.g., Hosea; Jeremiah).
- And eschatological or apocalyptic suffering is the unique suffering that will be the portion of earth-dwellers shortly before the Lord returns to the earth (Isa. 24—27; Jer. 30—33; Ezek. 33—48; Dan. 2—12; Zech. 12—14).
==val kalende======
Val Kalende is an LGBT activist from Uganda. After coming out as a lesbian in 2003, she became involved in Ugandan LGBT activism. In 2018, she stated she was no longer a lesbian, having been "transformed by God's love." In 2003, Kalende came out as a lesbian, which led her Christian family to break ties with her. As a student at Makerere University in Kampala, she co-founded the country's first lesbian activist organization,
Freedom & Roam Uganda. Weeks after the introduction of The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, which made homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, Kalende accepted to be interviewed about her sexuality in a cover story for the national newsmagazine The Daily Monitor. In 2012, after being active for 10 years in Uganda, in a Huffington Post blog post, she denounced that "coming out" as lesbian procured her verbal abuse, alienation, being abandoned as a teenager and having experienced homelessness at a tender age.
Freedom & Roam Uganda. Weeks after the introduction of The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, which made homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, Kalende accepted to be interviewed about her sexuality in a cover story for the national newsmagazine The Daily Monitor. In 2012, after being active for 10 years in Uganda, in a Huffington Post blog post, she denounced that "coming out" as lesbian procured her verbal abuse, alienation, being abandoned as a teenager and having experienced homelessness at a tender age.
March 19, 2023: Foreign Policy reported: In 2018, Val Kalende, an LGBTQ+ rights activist who even went on a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour in 2010 for her activism, went on TV during a church service to renounce lesbianism. Kalende in 2022 wrote an op-ed titled “Unchanged: A lesbian Christian’s journey through ‘ex-gay’ life,” in which she apologized to Uganda’s LGBTQ+ community for her renunciation.
Val Kalende
The creation story (He created them male and female – Genesis 5:2) is often used by anti-gay Christians to argue against same-sex relationships. But grace is so ungendered that people’s obsession with gender norms fails to fit into the true meaning of the Gospel. (There is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus – Galatians 3:28). This scripture simply tells us that God’s standards are so high he doesn’t see people in categories of race, class, or gender. This is the Gospel queered; to embrace the Gospel as queerness is radical faith. We see this when Jesus heals people on the Sabbath. On several accounts Jesus performs miracles to the agitation of religious leaders who plot to kill him because he has done what is scripturally unlawful to do on the Sabbath. The Bible doesn’t say same-sex love is forbidden. But it has a lot to say about gang rape and violence (Judges 19:22-25); lust and idolatry (Romans 1:24-27); greed, arrogance, and not helping the poor (Ezekiel 16:49-50). --Val Kalende; Erasing 76 Crimes: Unchanged: A lesbian Christian’s journey through ‘ex-gay’ life 2.22.22
==mike kalstrup======
In 1978, Michael Kalstrup and his young family moved back to Treynor, Iowa. After much prayer, the decision was made to start a church. Starting in one home, then moving to one with more space, the need to search for a location with more space was evident. After time, an old tractor implement building became available one mile south of Oakland, Iowa. Again, with much prayer and counsel, he knew that the time for the church to have a permanent location had finally come. On July 5, 1979, Fellowship of Faith began Sunday services in the building. The church remodeled the existing building holding services during construction. In the 1980's, plans were made for a building to be built north of the existing building to accommodate the growing need for a place for children's ministry and a fellowship hall. Fellowship Church continues to thrive as it has from it's very inception. In March of 2015, a second campus was launched, designed to meet the needs of the city of Council Bluffs. Fellowship Church offers ministry to all ages from newborns to adults, such as Fellowship Kids and Fellowship Youth for teens, to meet the needs of this generation. Under God’s direction, Pastor Mike has created a ministry based on excellence. Together with his pastoral staff and many volunteers who serve, the church continues to reach and build families with the message of Jesus Christ.
July 13, 2023: Politico reported: DeSantis is hoping Iowa evangelicals can make his campaign born again
“Within the church world, there are many that do like DeSantis quite a bit,” said Mike Kalstrup, a pastor of Fellowship Church in Oakland, Iowa. “My guess is that he’s probably going to have a pretty strong showing in Iowa.”
“Within the church world, there are many that do like DeSantis quite a bit,” said Mike Kalstrup, a pastor of Fellowship Church in Oakland, Iowa. “My guess is that he’s probably going to have a pretty strong showing in Iowa.”
==israel kamudzandu======
Dr. Israel Kamudzandu is Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Lindsey P. Pherigo Chair at Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri. He is author of Translation as Incarnation: The Bible in the Twenty-First-Century Global South (Wipf and Stock, 2023). He is the author of Abraham Our Father: Paul and Ancestors in Postcolonial Africa (Fortress Press, 2013), and Abraham as a Spiritual Ancestor: A Postcolonial Zimbabwean Reading of Romans 4 (Leiden: Brill, 2010), as well as numerous articles. Kamudzandu has a Ph.D. in New Testament Biblical Interpretation from Brite Divinity School and he served as pastor at Covenant United Metho
Dr. Israel Kamudzandu
In the modern world, healing through the name of Jesus is hardly believed by many people, yet in Acts we see disciples performing miracles of all kinds. The church of the 21st century should be open to the work of the Holy Spirit and know that Jesus is still at work in and among believers, just as he was with the Acts church. Following the flow of the narrative, we see Jesus at work among his disciples as Peter and John did not have money as was expected by the beggar, but they knew what they had: they activated their faith and through the gift of faith and the Holy Spirit, they were able to give the lame human being a unique gift. In whatever form and shape, 21st-century clergy and lay members must be open to hear their own need of healing, as well as a need to find true identity based not on financial stability but whose foundations are in Jesus Christ. While we regard financial wealth as a sign of being blessed, we forget that we are spiritually and faithfully poor and we stand in need of being healed of our crippled and misplaced faith. The actions of the healed person invite our attention in that we see that he/she was able to “walk, leap, and praise God” (3:8), which is indeed an authentic way of expressing inward instead of outward health. While the narrative itself is filled with ministry details, we should probably pay attention to the importance of the entrance where the beggar was sitting. The description of the “Beautiful Gate” in verses 2-3 is probably an indication that this entrance was reserved for special visitors, and beggars knew that rich people were allowed to enter into the Temple through reserved doors. On this particular day, Peter and John used this entrance and the beggar happened to be there; and he/she initiated the conversation on the grounds of need. The initiative opened a door for Peter and John to provide healing. The incident calls on both clergy and lay believers to think about moments they have been encountered by crippled persons asking for financial assistance. In all cases, we give some money and yet we forget to pray for healing upon their lives and this is not just physical healing but unlocking their potential to be self-sufficient in matters of life. In a word, we as Christians have missed opportunities for authentic ministry. Peter and John did not, for they were always present in their ministerial, evangelical, missional, and transformational world. --Dr. Israel Kamudzandu; Commentary on Acts 3:1-10
==kapya kaoma======
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March 23, 2023: Religion Unplugged: Is Pope Francis ‘The Only One Who Can Make A Difference’ In Uganda’s Anti-LGBTQ Bills?
The Episcopal priest who first documented links between U.S. evangelicals and an anti-gay bill in Uganda, the Rev. Kapya Kaoma, says that the “only person who can make a difference now in Africa is Pope Francis.” Sept 8, 2021: The Leaflet: Why India must criminalize gay conversion therapy
THE Supreme Court, in 2018, through its judgment in the case of Navtej Singh Johar and Ors. vs. Union of India decriminalized consensual sex among all adults, including those within the LGBTQIA+ community. The Court struck down a part of the colonial-era provision of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which had criminalized ‘unnatural sex’—reversing its 2013 decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal vs. Naz Foundation. This was hailed as a landmark decision in the fight for equal rights by the LGBTQIA+ community in India. Apr 8, 2015: Kapya Kaoma: Political Research Associates: Christian Right Culture Warriors Don’t Understand the Word “Family” Dec 3, 2014: Kapya Kaoma: Political Research Associates: Top Uganda Politician: Western Gays Adopting Children to Turn Them Gay
Sept 17, 2014: Episcopal Cafe: 30 African Theologians & Scholars Back LGBT Equality The event was organised by Adee, who is also an elder in the US Presbyterian Church, and Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian Anglican priest, from Political Research Associates. Mar 31, 2014: Political Research Associates: ITN News’ Channel 4 and PRA’s Kapya Kaoma Take Down Scott Lively
PRA’s senior researcher Kapya Kaoma joined ITN News’ Channel 4 (England) in a spotlight feature about Scott Lively’s involvement in the creation of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The piece includes PRA’s exclusive video of Lively’s presentation at a Uganda anti-gay conference in 2009. March 23, 2014: Kapya Kaoma: Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: How anti-gay Christians evangelize hate abroad
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August 28, 2014: Christian Century reported: Today, 30 LGBT-affirming African religion scholars and faith leaders begin meeting in South Africa. The purpose of the consultation is to build an African faith foundation for the acceptance of LGBT people. It was organized by Kapya Kaoma of Political Research Associates and Michael Adee of the Horizons Foundation’s Global Faith and Justice Project. Kaoma is an Anglican priest from Zambia; Adee is an elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). |
==reid kapple======
Reid Kapple serves as the lead pastor of Trinity Fellowship church in Olathe, Kan., and is actively involved in advocating for immigration through the National Association of Evangelicals.
As an evangelical pastor, I know immigrants deserve this protection
I want to tell you about my friend Edgar. I’ve changed his name and country of origin to protect his privacy.
Nearly two years ago, Edgar, his wife and their two young children fled political persecution in South America and entered the United States lawfully under humanitarian parole. Upon arriving in Kansas, they began building a life. Edgar found full-time employment. His children enrolled in school. The family started learning English and built relationships with a local church community. They were, by every account, contributing members of society committed to flourishing in their new home. That changed when the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s decision allowing the termination of humanitarian parole for multiple nations, including Edgar’s. Overnight, his family lost their ability to work legally or remain in the U.S. They are now trapped in a legal and humanitarian limbo: unable to stay, unable to safely return.
(Reid Kapple; Las Vegas Sun 8/31/25) READMORE>>>>>
I want to tell you about my friend Edgar. I’ve changed his name and country of origin to protect his privacy.
Nearly two years ago, Edgar, his wife and their two young children fled political persecution in South America and entered the United States lawfully under humanitarian parole. Upon arriving in Kansas, they began building a life. Edgar found full-time employment. His children enrolled in school. The family started learning English and built relationships with a local church community. They were, by every account, contributing members of society committed to flourishing in their new home. That changed when the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s decision allowing the termination of humanitarian parole for multiple nations, including Edgar’s. Overnight, his family lost their ability to work legally or remain in the U.S. They are now trapped in a legal and humanitarian limbo: unable to stay, unable to safely return.
(Reid Kapple; Las Vegas Sun 8/31/25) READMORE>>>>>
==bahjat karach======
Christians in Syria face ‘uncertain, perilous future’ under HTS, persecution watchdog warns
Franciscan Father Bahjat Karakach, representing the Latin Church, acknowledged, “The Church knows no more than the people do.” It’s up to individuals and families to decide if they want to stay or leave Aleppo, he stressed. “No one can make it on behalf of another. We friars are staying and waiting to see how things unfold,” he was quoted as saying.
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Franciscan Father Bahjat Karakach, representing the Latin Church, acknowledged, “The Church knows no more than the people do.” It’s up to individuals and families to decide if they want to stay or leave Aleppo, he stressed. “No one can make it on behalf of another. We friars are staying and waiting to see how things unfold,” he was quoted as saying.
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==jim karch======
Mar 7, 2023: Christian Post: Eastview Christian Church hires law firm to conduct investigation after pastor resigns
“We as a church have retained Kelly Fabian Story with Wagenmaker & Oberly as the lead of a trauma-informed third-party investigative team,” Jim Karch, an elder at Eastview Christian Church announced at the end of a service at the church on Sunday morning.
“We as a church have retained Kelly Fabian Story with Wagenmaker & Oberly as the lead of a trauma-informed third-party investigative team,” Jim Karch, an elder at Eastview Christian Church announced at the end of a service at the church on Sunday morning.
==hannah kardon======
Pastors at a protest? That's the scene at anti-Trump rallies across the US.
What (Homeland Security Secretary) Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," the letter stated.
That same day, United Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church of Rogers Park, Illinois, was arrested, and she says, hit repeatedly with a baton while she prayed. “I hope if anyone sees (the video of her arrest) and is disturbed by it, what they think about is that if they are willing to do that to a clergy in broad daylight, imagine what they are doing to detainees in the dark," she told Baptist News Global.
(USA Today 10/26/25) READMORE>>>>
What (Homeland Security Secretary) Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," the letter stated.
That same day, United Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church of Rogers Park, Illinois, was arrested, and she says, hit repeatedly with a baton while she prayed. “I hope if anyone sees (the video of her arrest) and is disturbed by it, what they think about is that if they are willing to do that to a clergy in broad daylight, imagine what they are doing to detainees in the dark," she told Baptist News Global.
(USA Today 10/26/25) READMORE>>>>
==mor boutros kassis======
Christians in Syria face ‘uncertain, perilous future’ under HTS, persecution watchdog warns
Many Christian leaders have remained in the city, providing spiritual guidance and practical support to their communities. Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop Mor Boutros Kassis and other Christian leaders have been communicating through social media where they held prayers and liturgies. They are encouraging Christian residents to face the reality with awareness, courage and faith, he was quoted as saying.
(Christian Post 12/8/24) READMORE>>>>>
Many Christian leaders have remained in the city, providing spiritual guidance and practical support to their communities. Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop Mor Boutros Kassis and other Christian leaders have been communicating through social media where they held prayers and liturgies. They are encouraging Christian residents to face the reality with awareness, courage and faith, he was quoted as saying.
(Christian Post 12/8/24) READMORE>>>>>
==mary kathryn======
Feb 24, 2023: The Christian Index: Hundreds pray for revival across Georgia campuses on Collegiate Day of Prayer
Mary Kathryn, a BCM worship leader at UNG Dahlonega, stated, “We pray that He will give us, his believers, a boldness, and a courage that will surpass any fear so that we can spread the gospel and help further His kingdom. It’s a beautiful thing to me to be able to hear the many prayers of my friends who have a heart for the people of this school and a heart for the Lord and His mission for us.”
Mary Kathryn, a BCM worship leader at UNG Dahlonega, stated, “We pray that He will give us, his believers, a boldness, and a courage that will surpass any fear so that we can spread the gospel and help further His kingdom. It’s a beautiful thing to me to be able to hear the many prayers of my friends who have a heart for the people of this school and a heart for the Lord and His mission for us.”
==david kaywood======
David Kaywood
If the ant is the one who the sluggard should examine, that means the ant is living a life worthy of modeling. Are you? There is great power in a good example. You may not be the most attractive, the most talented, or the most successful, but you’ll do a great amount of good to more people than you realize if you consistently set a good, godly example.............Sleep is required for healthy living. No productivity advice worth anything will tell you to purposely and constantly avoid sleep in the name of being productive. If you need nine hours of sleep, get it. What is condemned here is not getting the sleep your body requires, but a lifestyle that seeks escape as a means to avoid earthly responsibility.............Planning is commended throughout Proverbs (Proverbs 11:14; 12:5; 14:8,15; 21:5). Your plans may not go how you want them to, and you may alter them as you go, but you should plan nevertheless. The ant provides his winter food in the summer. In other words, he plans and then acts by working ahead. It’s a sign of emotional maturity when you can work with diligence on a project today that is not due until six months from now. Christians who think that all planning is unspiritual and is the opposite of being “Spirit-led” are sadly mistaken. --David Kaywood; Gospel relevance; What We Learn About Productivity from the Ant in Proverbs
==stephen kaziimba======
June 16, 2023: Christian Post: Church of England Evangelical Council opposes Ugandan Church's support for criminalization of homosexuality
The Anglican Primate of Uganda, Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba, said he was "grateful" for the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which received presidential assent last month.
The Anglican Primate of Uganda, Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba, said he was "grateful" for the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which received presidential assent last month.
==mike keahbone======
SBC Executive Committee member once again criticized for sexually crude social media posts
While Executive Committee leadership might agree with that necessity, it isn’t so easy, according to Mike Keahbone, an Oklahoma pastor who also serves on the latest iteration of the SBC’s sexual abuse response task force. Keahbone tweeted: “As a member of the @SBCExecComm I am aware of the inappropriate tweets made by one of our members. Our leadership is aware and is currently walking through the biblical process of confronting a brother. Organizationally, our bylaws only allow removal from the board by the messengers at the annual meeting. Our next meeting is in June. Our board has the option of censuring or issuing a reprimand of the offending action. This will come after the biblical process has finished its course. There is no debate: the comments by our member were awful and will not be tolerated.”
(Mark Wingfield/Baptist News Global 3/2/23)
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While Executive Committee leadership might agree with that necessity, it isn’t so easy, according to Mike Keahbone, an Oklahoma pastor who also serves on the latest iteration of the SBC’s sexual abuse response task force. Keahbone tweeted: “As a member of the @SBCExecComm I am aware of the inappropriate tweets made by one of our members. Our leadership is aware and is currently walking through the biblical process of confronting a brother. Organizationally, our bylaws only allow removal from the board by the messengers at the annual meeting. Our next meeting is in June. Our board has the option of censuring or issuing a reprimand of the offending action. This will come after the biblical process has finished its course. There is no debate: the comments by our member were awful and will not be tolerated.”
(Mark Wingfield/Baptist News Global 3/2/23)
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Feb 21, 2023: Religion News Service: Southern Baptists oust Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church for naming a female pastor
Executive Committee member Mike Keahbone tweeted that any of the churches that were ousted Tuesday have the option of appealing to the messengers, or delegates, in attendance at the SBC’s next annual meeting, scheduled for June in New Orleans.
“Saddleback now has the option to appeal, which appears likely,” tweeted Keahbone, an Oklahoma pastor.
Executive Committee member Mike Keahbone tweeted that any of the churches that were ousted Tuesday have the option of appealing to the messengers, or delegates, in attendance at the SBC’s next annual meeting, scheduled for June in New Orleans.
“Saddleback now has the option to appeal, which appears likely,” tweeted Keahbone, an Oklahoma pastor.
==chris kearney======
Feb 24, 2023: Christian Chronicle: Addressing church decline one child at a time
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On a recent Sunday morning, projection screens at the Windsong Church of Christ displayed Psalm 127:3: “Children are a heritage from the Lord.”
On stage, the church’s elders surrounded their preacher’s family in prayer.
Minister Chris Kearney’s infant daughter, Miah, looked out at the congregation.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On a recent Sunday morning, projection screens at the Windsong Church of Christ displayed Psalm 127:3: “Children are a heritage from the Lord.”
On stage, the church’s elders surrounded their preacher’s family in prayer.
Minister Chris Kearney’s infant daughter, Miah, looked out at the congregation.
==liz kearny======
Interfaith Protest Confronts Christians United for Israel SummitOn Tuesday morning, a group of pastors, rabbis, and seminary students blocked traffic near the Gaylord, forcing two buses filled with CUFI attendees to a standstill. “I’m here because Jesus spent his life and death fighting empires of supremacy and domination and building up a world where all of us can be free,” the Rev. Liz Kearny, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) minister, said while protesting in the street. “Today that means blocking Christian Zionists from lobbying my lawmakers to fuel death and genocide.” CUFI attendees were eventually escorted by police to other buses nearby, and the protest dissipated without arrests. The protests represented a culmination of months of anti-war activism, with participants from Christians for a Free Palestine, Christians for Ceasefire, Mennonite Action, If Not Now, Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbis for Ceasefire, Hindus for Human Rights and Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity working together.
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==craig keener======
Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of thirty-three books, five of which have won major awards, more than seventy academic articles, several booklets, and more than 150 popular-level articles. One of his books, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, now in a second edition, has sold more than half a million copies. His books include commentaries on Matthew, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Revelation, a two-volume commentary on John and a four-volume commentary on Acts, plus a two-volume work on miracles, works about the Spirit, ethnic reconciliation, women in ministry, divorce and various other topics. Craig is the New Testament editor for the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible. Craig is editor of the Bulletin for Biblical Research and the former program chair for the Institute for Biblical Research; he is coeditor with Michael Bird of the New Covenant Commentary series, and coeditor with Daniel Carroll R. of Global Voices, which includes interpretive contributions from readers from various cultures. (SOURCE:CBE)
Craig Keener Files
Some patriarchal husbands today quote Eph 5:22 (“Wives, submit to your husbands”) out of context, much the way slaveholders quoted Eph 6:5. But in Greek, there is no verb in 5:22; it simply says, “Wives, to your husbands. . . .” Of course, Paul is not saying, “Wives, just do to your husbands whatever you want.” Greek grammar presumes that we will carry over the verb from the preceding verse, and that verb is “submit.” But because the verb is carried over from 5:21, it cannot mean something different than it meant in 5:21. The wife’s submission is merely an example of mutual submission, as is the husband sacrificing his life for his wife.
Some object, “But submission is explicit only for the wife!” The command to love, however, is explicit only for the husband (5:25), yet we understand that all Christians should love each another (5:2). Likewise, all Christians should submit to one another (5:21). Although Paul is not trying to cover every circumstance, he offers us a general principle for how we should live: looking out for one another’s interests, listening to one another, loving others more than ourselves. Such advice is in keeping with his explicit teaching elsewhere (e.g., Rom 12:10, 13:8–10, 15:2–3; 1 Cor 13:4–7; Gal 5:14, 6:2), including in the preceding context (Eph 4:32)". - Craig Keener; CBE International
Some object, “But submission is explicit only for the wife!” The command to love, however, is explicit only for the husband (5:25), yet we understand that all Christians should love each another (5:2). Likewise, all Christians should submit to one another (5:21). Although Paul is not trying to cover every circumstance, he offers us a general principle for how we should live: looking out for one another’s interests, listening to one another, loving others more than ourselves. Such advice is in keeping with his explicit teaching elsewhere (e.g., Rom 12:10, 13:8–10, 15:2–3; 1 Cor 13:4–7; Gal 5:14, 6:2), including in the preceding context (Eph 4:32)". - Craig Keener; CBE International
==lyndsay keith======
June 2, 2023: Media Matters: American theocracy: Trinity Broadcasting Network’s nightly news program is spreading Christian nationalism
On March 23, 2022, TBN launched Centerpoint, a 30-minute nightly news program produced by former Newsmax CEO Michael Clemente and initially anchored by ex-Fox correspondent Doug McKelway. According to Axios, the network claimed the “programming isn't meant to be politically biased, but will lean into Christian values.” The anchor lineup has shifted multiple times featuring various Christian voices such as Pastor Allen Jackson and former politician Rob Astorino, but recently TBN successfully poached yet another Newsmax expat, Lyndsay Keith.
On March 23, 2022, TBN launched Centerpoint, a 30-minute nightly news program produced by former Newsmax CEO Michael Clemente and initially anchored by ex-Fox correspondent Doug McKelway. According to Axios, the network claimed the “programming isn't meant to be politically biased, but will lean into Christian values.” The anchor lineup has shifted multiple times featuring various Christian voices such as Pastor Allen Jackson and former politician Rob Astorino, but recently TBN successfully poached yet another Newsmax expat, Lyndsay Keith.
==michael kelly======
Michael Kelley is director of Discipleship at LifeWay Christian Resources and the author of Growing Down: Unlearning the Patterns of Adulthood that Keep Us from Jesus.
Michael Kelly
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matt. 5:13–16). In this context, what do salt and light have in common? It’s that they are both meant to be used. For flavor. For sight. For enhancements. For making things more clear. When we believe the gospel, we are meant to serve this same role.
--Michael Kelly; Outreach Magazine; Is it Possible to Be Too Focused on Heaven? 5/17/24
--Michael Kelly; Outreach Magazine; Is it Possible to Be Too Focused on Heaven? 5/17/24
