It is in personal love that universal love finds its most true expression.
Many have heard Christ’s demand that His followers “leave... father, mother, wife, ch...
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...
This past week undoubtedly has been a very difficult one. I would not exaggerate to say that it has been one of the most difficult weeks of my life, and I think...
Tragedy struck Boston today. And it is very, very hard to understand why.
That is what is so terrifying. Whose heart did not cry out "Why?" when they thought o...
Whether and how Christians ought to participate in politics are delicate questions. The common belief that Christians are primarily of the Kingdom of ...
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...
We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the twentieth century does not reckon with. But we are “harmless,” and therefore u...
God is not incomprehensible; rather, we are uncomprehending.
When we say “God is mysterious,” we are not talking about God but about ourselves.
We must be ver...