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The prescription for the persistent malady of God’s people
by Brian Maas
The preacher is still green! Maybe we'll hear something hopeful.
February 12, Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Deuteronomy 30:15–20; 1 Corinthians 3:1–9; Matthew 5:21–37
by Brian Maas
Isaiah 58:1–12; 1 Corinthians 2:1–12; Matthew 5:13–20
by Brian Maas
January 29, Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Matthew 5:1–12)
I don’t like this. When I mourn I want to not mourn anymore.
Two refreshing new books place the storyteller within the story he tells.
by Greg Carey
Readers who found Pastrix to be a long, cool drink will find more refreshment here. Those who have tired of Nadia Bolz-Weber's cranky schtick will tire of it here as well.
reviewed by Valerie Weaver-Zercher
To be a follower of the one who promised that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed is to expect a blessed in-breaking of peace.
If you happen to read the Message translation of Matthew’s beatitudes, you’ll notice that instead of saying “blessed” the word is “happy.”
Yoder defined violence in terms of violating someone's dignity. This sounds ready made as a description of his own abusive behavior.
by David Cramer, Jenny Howell, Paul Martens, and Jonathan Tran
Growing in prayer is not simply acquiring a set of special spiritual skills. It is growing into Christian humanity.
Each week my church includes a prayer for the families of American soldiers who have died. As the names are read, I try to hold them in prayer. But I have wrestled with these prayers.
For better or for worse, the sex columnist provides real-time exegesis of the seventh commandment.
This is not a Sunday for soft-pedalling the gospel. Moses and Jesus portray the life of faith as a "yes" or a "no" to God with lives that obey or that disobey. It is little wonder that it is common to summarize Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount with one verse, the "Golden Rule" (Matthew 7:12).
By Edwin Searcy
The Beatitudes sneak up on us.