Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...

In theory, I am committed to preaching the Old Testament. I generally feel exercised about how little the Old Testament is proclaimed in churches, how rarely it is preached, how many Christians act as ...

I’ve always wanted to know more about how biblical scholar Ellen Davis envisions the notion of the “prophetic interpreter,” which she discusses at the beginning of her 2014 book Biblical Prophecy. She ...

Hailing from northern Idaho – the American frontier – Marilynne Robinson is among our most revered living novelists. Her debut, Housekeeping (1980), received critical acclaim, but it was the Pulitzer ...

The Letter to the Hebrews proclaims that "the Word God of God is living and active, sharper than any two edge sword" (Heb 4:12). This means that scripture is not simply useful information about the ...

Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers,” and He himself is the Prince of Peace. But what does it mean to be a peacemaker in a world marked by division, hostility, and hate? This year’s Edwin J.