The Academic Advantages of the Bible

by William Jeynes

America’s schools cannot claim that their graduates are well educated unless they have knowledge of the Bible. Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2017

Everything Is Outside the Text

by Francesca Aran Murphy

Neither Christianity nor Judaism is actually a “religion of the Book”—both regard scripture as a secondary witness to something infinitely greater, namely, the presence of God with his people.  Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2017

Ruth to Naomi

by Thomas Banks

Narrow the house may be and poor,But should it be where you will stay,Then I will want for nothing more.Entreat me not to go away. Your bread shall be my bread, your prayerShall be my prayer. And always knowThat though you go I know not where,Gladly I follow where you go. —Thomas . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2017

Pride and Progress

by Peter J. Leithart

With a solitary act of pride, Uzziah’s story is reversed. Continue Reading »

28 Jul 2017

Mary Magdalene, Feminist Icon?

by Ramona Tausz

The feminist interpretation of Mary Magdalene’s life misses crucial realities of repentance, absolution, and the Christian life. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2017

Contemplaiting

by Rebekah Curtis

The church has a long, and often tangled, history with hair. Continue Reading »

27 Jun 2017

What’s Preaching For?

by Peter J. Leithart

What should a preacher do in his Sunday sermon? Lecture on the Bible? Talk about Jesus? Tell stories? Comment on current events? Exhort Christians to live Christianly? Continue Reading »

9 Sep 2016

​Sibling Rivals

by Phillip Cary

Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violenceby jonathan sacksschocken, 320 pages, $28.95 Love can be a problem. To love is to have a beloved, a favorite, someone treasured above others. So love means not treating everyone the same. It is not justice. In politics, it means favoritism, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2016

Everything I Know About Being a Lector I Learned in Third Grade

by Russell E. Saltzman

For no particular reason except that it has been on my mind, this goes out to lectors everywhere who have been given the wrong instruction manual on proclaiming scripture in worship. I am here to correct any misconceptions you may have about the task. You may thank me later. But first, let me . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Jan 2016

Revealing God

by Robert P. Imbelli

Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation: The Mediation of the Gospel through Church and Scripture by matthew levering baker academic, 384 pages, $44.99 M atthew Levering’s prodigious scholarly output, his editing of significant theological handbooks, and his co-editorship of the English edition of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2015