To hear atheists and even liberal self-identified “Christians” tell it, the doctrine that Jesus is the incarnate God and Second Person of the Holy Trinity, is supposedly utterly unclear in the Bible, ...

The Book of John reminds us that Jesus’ humanity makes ours possible. Nearly halfway through John’s Gospel, Jesus tells those gathered in the temple at the Feast of the Dedication, “Is it not written ...

THE KILLING OF RENEE NICOLE GOOD by an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, has thrust the Department of Homeland Security into the ...

Jonathan Linebaugh’s pastoral, accessible invitation to Scripture is rightly focused on Christ but uncertain in its audience and too quiet about the church. If the Bible is the most-published book in ...

Last Sunday, the readings introduced us to Bartimaeus, the blind man, who decided to follow Jesus even though he had the option to stay behind in Jericho. This Sunday, the readings introduce some key ...

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.” Romans ...

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the ...

For the biblical readings of the Sundays of Lent, the church chose texts that offer many layers of interpretation. Some readings have themes that will continue throughout the readings of subsequent ...

Let’s remember that the scripture that was used when Jesus roamed the earth during the last century B.C. (Before Christ) or as atheists like to designate time B.C.E (before the Common Era) was called ...