Matthew

If we take the doctrine seriously, then we dare not draw the circle of salvation along religious lines. Or any lines at all.

The translators hope that “the colonial language that was forced upon us can now serve our people in a good way.”

Now we tend to see it as a virtue—at least for some people.

It’s easy to read this passage and assume it has nothing to do with us.

Some years the message of Ash Wednesday feels more tender than others.

In Matthew, the Lord’s Prayer is a prayer for enemies.

The glorious and impressive features are only half of the story.

Theology is not popularly understood to be a landscape where dreams are welcome.

We are invited to bring the rich resources of our senses and imaginations into the realm of faith.

Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.

“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”

An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources

Mainline Christians have often distorted this passage from Matthew.

The distinctions between how we love God, neighbor, and self are not terribly thick.