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Synching Ezra and Nehemiah

If the editor of Ezra-Nehemiah rearranged passages to achieve a specific literary effect, how would that have affected the story flow?

Woman wearing protective mask carries her baby across international border bridge at El Paso, Texas.
Summer 2020

Do Not Touch Me

David Hulme

Vision interviews Italian philosopher and academic Donatella Di Cesare, author of two recent books addressing conditions that threaten the global status quo.

Summer 2020

We Are More Than Self

David Hulme

We are by nature focused first on self. Until we change that, the world will never work for all of us.

Spring 2020
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 31

A Future and a Hope

David Hulme

Freed from Babylonian captivity, some exiled Jews returned to rebuild Jerusalem. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah detail their story.

A Queen for the Times

With her Jewish ethnic group facing annihilation in the days of the Persian Empire, Queen Esther risks her life to forestall the plan.

Spring 2020

Give Me Your Migrants

David Hulme

Vision reviews Donatella Di Cesare’s 2020 book Resident Foreigners, in which she proposes a new philosophy of migration.

Spring 2020

Hope in the Present Distress

David Hulme

Pandemics like COVID-19 were predicted, though few took notice. Where do we go from here?

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Winter 2020
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 30

Lamenting the Fallen City

David Hulme

The book of Lamentations, though not often cited, serves as a microcosm of the human story.

Winter 2020

Getting to Know You

David Hulme

The world doesn’t lack for immature adults living life at the mercy of negative emotions. Honest self-appraisal is the key to shattering a false self-image. But where to begin?

January 10, 2020

The World’s Greatest Threat

David Hulme

Insight Video: Existential risk comes in many forms and threatens our very survival as a species. But a single problem underlies all the others.

Fall 2019

Peace: The Essential and Elusive Goal

David Hulme

What will it take to achieve a lasting global peace?

Zerubbabel Displays a Plan of Jerusalem to Cyrus the Great
Fall 2019
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 29

Chronicles: Re-Viewing Israel’s History

David Hulme

Hoping to strengthen his people’s sense of identity, an anonymous chronicler documents their backstory.

Fall 2019

The World’s Greatest Threat

David Hulme

Solutions to the many existential threats facing the world today are elusive, in large part because of our own human nature. What can be done?

Fall 2019

The Future of Farming

David Hulme

Part 2: David Hulme interviews Achim Dobermann of Rothamsted Research about how agriculture will need to change if we hope to feed the world’s growing population.

Fall 2019

The Future of Farming

David Hulme

Part 1: David Hulme interviews Achim Dobermann of Rothamsted Research about the effect of agriculture on our planet and how it will need to change if we hope to feed the world’s growing population.

John Martin’s 1835 mezzotint depicting the fall of Nineveh in 612 BCE
Summer 2019
The Law, the Prophets and the Writings, Part 28

Concluding the Minor Prophets

David Hulme

Six remaining books round out the section of the Bible known as “the Prophets.” Their messages are diverse; yet, like the other prophetic writings, they share some common themes.

Summer 2019

Finding Wisdom for These Times

David Hulme

The dark side of human nature is always with us. In the face of new trends in the world around, we need to think about how we, as individuals, will proceed.

July 31, 2019

Food or War

David Hulme

Insight Video: If warnings about environmental disaster or the threat of war seem overly alarmist—that things always work out in the end—maybe it’s time to think again.

Summer 2019

When AI Takes Over

David Hulme

Neuroscientist Anders Sandberg talks about the challenges and risks inherent in our steady march toward an age where machine intelligence surpasses that of human beings.

June 12, 2019

Eco-Fear, Future Hope

David Hulme

Insight Video: The perilous state of our natural world is enough to induce anxiety and distress in all but those who refuse to see. Is there any reason for hope?

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