Today’s reading is Luke 7:36-50 (ESV):
A Sinful Woman Forgiven
36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house an...
I wonder what looks my fellow drivers tossed my way when I pulled up to a stoplight with my speakers blaring not the latest Taylor Swift hit, but rather a didac...
One of the most controversial subjects in the Bible for our egalitarian culture is the encouragement of women to be submissive. Some critics attack Paul as sexi...
Today’s reading is Mark 10:13-16:
People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When ...
Genesis 12:1-12:9 The Call of Abraham
Last week, I attended the Biologos conference (their website, biologos.org has been regularly referred to thus far). I'm s...
Genesis 11:1-11:8 Babel
So I'm giving up. After my article was published on Christianity Today, I've gotten dozens of emails that seem to need more urgent respo...
Genesis 6:15-9:17 Noah and the Flood
Because I'm so behind in the series, I've decided to skip a couple weeks. I promise to fill in the gaps in the coming weeks...
Introduction to Genesis
Let me start by saying that I am the least qualified of all people to write a series on the book of Genesis. I am no scholar. This is...
Update 9/11/12: When I wrote this a few days ago, I never imagined the overwhelmingly positive response it would receive. Over 2,700 people have read this blog ...
You can't help but grin when you realize that your favorite New Testament theologian and your favorite physician-geneticist have partnered to write a song toget...