Coming Untrue

“Let love be genuine .” Familiar verses describe the positive qualities of Christian love — that it is patient, kind, rejoices with the ...

In our early twenties, my cousin and I would get together once a week or so to study the Bible and debate theology. Our discussions were m...

“Why do some Bible translations not capitalize pronouns referring to God?” Much like personal choice of Bible translation and no small n...

“The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and fellow heirs...

We hear a lot in the current environment about how the powers that exist have been instituted by God , and that whoever resists them resis...

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“ The Lord is king forever and ever.” The 2014 NCAA football championship final was an amazing game. The Florida State Seminoles and th...

I know a man whose whole view of God was shaped by his religious family’s reaction to the death of his mother from cancer early in his chi...

“They did not honor him as God or give thanks to him.” Years ago I was blathering to one of my brothers about some girl who shall remai...

“Why did the Lord condemn Corban?” The word korban comes from Hebrew transliterated into Greek, and has most likely made it untranslate...

Let me tell you a story about my father. Once upon a time (actually, more than once), a very badly behaved little boy sat in the back s...

“Teachers told us the Romans built this place. They built a wall and a temple on an edge-of-the-empire garrison town. They lived and t...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Immanuel Can: Tom, I don’t know if you’re aware of...

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“Son of Adam, stand on your feet , and I will speak with you.” Ezekiel the priest had fallen on his face at the sight of the appearance...

Early in June, Nigeria became the world’s ninth country to either restrict the social media website Twitter, or ban it outright. Being ne...

“Did Jesus know he was the Messiah?” Nobody ever displayed a more definite sense of his purpose in this world than Jesus of Nazareth. ...

“Have you considered my servant Job?” The jargon believers use with one another often sounds a little unusual to those unfamiliar with ...

There is no such thing as a truly secular state. Man was made to worship, and if he will not worship the one true God, then he will worshi...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. If you’ve been watching the numbers over the last f...