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Loving your political enemy at the National Prayer Breakfast
Arthur Brooks gave the room an important assignment. President Trump turned it down.
Loving your political enemy at the National Prayer Breakfast
Arthur Brooks gave the room an important assignment. President Trump turned it down.
In the Qur’an, God is a great debater
The Qur’an is not a description of God. It’s a call to conversion.
What Meghan and Harry can and can’t escape
At the heart of life is the mess of being stuck with other people.
When we advertise our righteousness, it becomes self-righteousness
What we can learn from the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector
February 23, Transfiguration A (Matthew 17:1–9)
God’s presence transfigures here, now, in the familiar.
Mary 2018 (aka Mary at the Border Fence), by Benjamin Wildflower
art selection and comment by Lil Copan
Mary 2018 (aka Mary at the Border Fence), by Benjamin Wildflower
art selection and comment by Lil Copan
Our happiness is incomplete.
Has family become an idol?
The Bible gives no sense that the family is an end in itself.
December 24 and 25, Nativity (Isaiah 9:2–7; Luke 2:1–20)
Preachers who value their pulpit would be wise to avoid Isaiah 9 this Christmas Eve.
December 24 and 25, Nativity (Isaiah 9:2–7; Luke 2:1–20)
Preachers who value their pulpit would be wise to avoid Isaiah 9 this Christmas Eve.
December 22, Advent 4A (Matthew 1:18–25; Isaiah 7:10–16; Romans 1:1–7)