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Voltaire’s encounter with the crucified Christ
The Enlightenment thinker was fiercely critical of religion. But what did he mean by religion?
I still have a voice
After the election, I was worried about people being silenced. So I joined a choir.
Life in Christ calls for a new kind of seeing and knowing.
Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.
A church politics of nondomination
Liberal Anglicans and Methodists often face a tension between LGBTQ inclusion and anti-colonialism. But we don’t have to choose.
We are all like Paul, boasting to the Corinthian church about being all things to all people.
February 4, Epiphany 5 (1 Corinthians 9:16–23; Mark 1:29–39)
Paul knew something about being an obnoxious weirdo.
Food offered to idols is not really a live issue for us, but social media usage is.
Is it possible to read Paul as an early exponent of a wellness ethic for sexuality?
Settling into the joy of vocation
My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.
Settling into the joy of vocation
My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
Jesus’ resurrected gut biome
In John’s Gospel we meet a body of flesh and blood. And microbes.
Jesus’ resurrected gut biome
In John’s Gospel we meet a body of flesh and blood. And microbes.
When and where did the resurrected Jesus first appear?
The Bible offers conflicting answers.