也许这个比喻最有名的用法来自旧约先知玛拉基,他把太阳描绘成一只和平的鸟,在它飞过的路径、向抬头仰望它的人洒下怜悯。在尤金·毕德生(Eugene Peterson)令人难忘的意译版本中,《玛拉基书》4:2如此写道:“为你,日出!公义的太阳将临于敬畏我名之人,医治将焕发自它的翅膀”(译自《信息版圣经》(The Message),原文:For you, sunrise! The sun of righteousness will dawn on those who honor my name, healing radiating from its wings.)。
After a decade of enrollment decline, leaders began to see the seminary’s biggest financial asset as a liability. They hope relocation could be the big change they need.
Investigation: SBC Executive Committee staff saw advocates’ cries for help as a distraction from evangelism and a legal liability, stonewalling their reports and resisting calls for reform.