Genesis

In John's prologue, the incarnate Word is the God of creative address.

If the church is the bride of Christ, then Jesus is married to both Rachel and Leah—to the church he wants, and to the church he has to take.

Like Adam, we may end up treating God as if God were at the periphery. But where there is no center—or where we become the center—the circumference of life disappears.

We pastors are not likely to encounter Jephthah. But we might encounter someone like the young man who sought me out after a stint in jail.

Are the people of 21st-century Israel the chosen ones of Genesis to whom Yahweh promised the land in eternal covenant? Walter Brueggemann gives a nuanced answer.

Are the people of 21st-century Israel the chosen ones of Genesis to whom Yahweh promised the land in eternal covenant? Walter Brueggemann gives a nuanced answer.

Can "Abrahamic" replace "Judeo-Christian"? And without sacrificing the integrity of three different traditions?

Can "Abrahamic" replace "Judeo-Christian"? And without sacrificing the integrity of three different traditions?

Can "Abrahamic" replace "Judeo-Christian"? And without sacrificing the integrity of three different traditions?

Can "Abrahamic" replace "Judeo-Christian"? And without sacrificing the integrity of three different traditions?

The wrenching dislocations of World War II were often pitilessly ignored by the world. What story will be told of our time, and of us?

The wrenching dislocations of World War II were often pitilessly ignored by the world. What story will be told of our time, and of us?

When I was baptized at 12, I refused what Baptists call “the right hand of fellowship.” I wanted the water but not the fellowship.

Karl Giberson offers a cultural history of the Bible's first human. It's an intriguing and unsettling story.