Coming Untrue

In my previous post, “Offensive Christianity”, I argued that many of us misunderstand the choice we have in facing Christ: we think it’s ...

It is remarkable that the only mention of Sabbath-keeping in all the epistles comes in Colossians 2, where Paul identifies it as one of th...

I recently had a long, serious conversation with a lovely woman who is spending far too much time contemplating a possible course of actio...

“How should a Christian respond to being in a loveless marriage?” People have different personalities and experiences, as well as differ...

Grant Richison inquires what Paul meant when he ends a long statement in Philippians 3 with the words “… that by any means possible I may...

Zechariah is the penultimate Minor Prophet and the penultimate book of the Old Testament in the order we have it in English, as well as hi...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. The soul: it’s a heavy topic, and one that not eve...

“It has been customary to employ the category ‘doubt’ where one ought to speak of ‘offense.’ The relationship … to Christ is not either t...

Years ago, an older Christian told me I perplexed him. “You’re liberal on neckties (I declined to wear them) but conservative on scripture...

Some necessary background for anyone not up to date on the latest evangelical brouhahas. From Fox News : A Christian radio network recentl...

“What does it mean that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth?” The Lord Jesus promised his disciples that when the Spirit of t...

Western culture separates the wedding ceremony from the wedding celebration, usually by no more than a few hours. Jewish culture in the fi...

Several years back, my cantankerous next-door neighbor had her front walk redone with great, imposing slate pavers. I’m not sure they harm...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. If the quotation in this Breitbart article is eve...

“Well, you know, many roads lead up the mountain …” So he said to me. People say stuff like that all the time when they want to avoid ...

An old acquaintance obsessed with classical literature used to observe that her generation was “killing the adverb”. The vocabulary of her...

“It is required of stewards that they be found faithful.” If you ever rise to the spiritual heights of the apostle Paul — and I have la...

“How can we know the Holy Spirit is present with us when nobody is expressing strong feelings?” Some Christians — often women, let’s be ...

“There are some things in them that are hard to understand  …” Paul could be a difficult writer. Peter says as much, while affirming tha...

The prophet Zedekiah once forged a pair of animal horns out of iron as an object lesson for the kings of Israel and Judah, who were conte...