Merry Christmas – 2018

Energion author David Alan Black appeared recently as a guest on the Bible and Theology Matters Podcast and discussed the synoptic problem. The “synoptic problem” involves outlining the literary relationships between the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. This is nearly an hour of discussion, but it is tightly packed. If you are interested in…

As Amos contends, God hears the cries of the poor, and God’s voice speaking through their pain challenges all of us, but most especially those wielding power and enjoying prosperity, to listen to God’s messages spoken through the voices of the voiceless, homeless, evicted, malnourished, desperate, and hopeless, whether in Appalachian coal country, inner-city Chicago,…

The following is cross-posted from my Energion Publications partner and wife Jody Neufeld’s blog. People who don’t know us imagine that Energion is my company and Jody is a sort of admin. In fact, there would be no Energion without her. She is the nuts and bolts planner, but also the person who keeps the…