Geneva Campus Church

There is a long-unquestioned assumption that to understand biblical texts, one must first understand the original historical contexts. However, early Christian Bible readers didn’t share this assumption and often interpreted biblical texts allegorically. Does this mean that interpretations of the Bible from before the Enlightenment are irrelevant today? In this lecture, Dr. Devin White will examine how Biblical Scholars are, for the first time in two hundred years, reexamining the “original historical context” assumption. Dr. Devin White is a Fellow in Biblical Studies at the Lumen Center. He is also the Associate Pastor of Christian Education at High Point Church…

By Pamela Cotant for the Wisconsin State Journal- When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the 21-year run of Lamppost Players Children’s Theater, director Sharon Redinger figured the time just might be right to lower the curtain for good. The 21st year was 2019, and plays were not performed from 2020 to 2022. While other groups and activities were easing out of pandemic restrictions sometime during that period, Redinger wasn’t gearing back up. “I actually wondered if we were just done,” Redinger said. “Twenty-one years is a nice run.” Another reason it seemed like a natural ending was her agreement with…