In 1952 I went to Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA to study for a career in the Christian ministry. One of the first and foremost people I met there was Rathburn Shelton. “Rath”, as he was called by everyone, held three positions at the college: Alumni Director, Public Relations Director, and baseball coach. This…

In the New Testament the word pistis has a wide range of meanings all focusing on “faith and “faithfulness”. The tricky thing here is that while it means belief, it is often understood today as belief in spite of the evidence. We say things like: “Just have faith”, meaning only believe and it will come…