To read the book of Isaiah well is to read it in the imagination of a desolate, captive people. The book is housed in the story of a people nurtured on the promise of a God who had chosen  them—and in choosing them had made them unique among all nations, God’s beloved child. This is the story of a people nonetheless enslaved by a pagan empire, tempted at every turn to accommodate to it. The book of Isaiah is to be read as the story of a faithful few who have refused to shake off its hope in...

It is perhaps helpful to remember on this day that the word “pentecost,” given as it is to this day on the church calendar, is used not...

Ecclesial Theology and Cultural Self-Preservation I have been a member of the Church of the Nazarene since I was old enough to join. I do...