Our faith ancestors often said that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

Proof (like in mathematics) and persuasion (like in Christian apologetics) are two very different things—and neither one is particularly important to the

In Psalm 139, the poet expresses a profound sense of human smallness.

Wrong place, wrong king, wrong question, wrong gifts. How wise is that?

The Apostle Paul cautioned us not to quench the spirit. So when you read scripture—especially the joyful passages of Advent—let the spirit

This sermon, for the first Sunday in Advent, shares a true story from the current Israel-Hamas war. (It's a hopeful sermon, but

The Parable of the Talents is one of the most annoying parables of Jesus. There's a reason for that.

Some literary characters are models of virtue. They serve as a celebration of an ideal, and as a reproach to pretenders. Maybe

How can the church avoid turning into a Halloween horror: a Bates-Motel Church, a Vampire Church, or a Mummy's-Tomb Church?

Why didn't Jesus always give simple answers?