Week 2 (Year 4, NL)

Gary Anderson thinks that the answer to what ails contemporary Christian theology lies tucked away in the Torah’s tabernacle narrative.

So I took a new name—as many characters in the Bible do.

He might be the answer, too. But he doesn’t offer much in the way of tweetable platitudes.

Great preaching always points to Jesus.

What are you looking for? It’s a good question, maybe the only question.

Isaac has a voice.

"Look!" says John. "Come and see," says Jesus.

What do we do when we read a story where the ending is already known?

I'm authorized to open seals, drive the chariot of fire, and pour out bowls of judgment. But wrestling someone?

Who tests Abraham, or Jacob, or Jesus—and why?

Muslims and Christians can live peacefully together. I've seen it.

The stories we tell can do real damage. Or they can heal.

So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.

John 1:29–42

Jonathan Safran Foer asks what it really means to say, Here I am.

It’s dangerous to trust God in the face of suffering. It’s more dangerous not to.

I love Genesis for some of the same reasons the church fathers were wary of it.