The Meaning of ‘Life’
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the English language we get by with a single word for life, but the ancient Greeks realized that…
Patience, First and Last
Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever noticed that in his famous list of love’s qualities in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, the apostle Paul…
How Isaiah Delivered the News
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen Jerusalem lay under the shadow of the brutal Assyrian Empire, which had already conquered the northern tribes of…
Why Worship?
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor many atheists and agnostics, the idea of a God who encourages or demands praise and worship (Exodus 8:1,…
Letters of Hope: A Reflection on the Book of Revelation
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen we think of the book of Revelation, the first things that come to mind are mysterious symbolism and…
Our Job Description
Reading Time: 2 minutesThroughout his epistles Paul gives us glimpses of the nature of his calling — his job description. He opens…
Healthy Incompatibility
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecent statistics from the American Psychological Association show that as many as 40-50 percent of marriages in the United…
Balancing Justice and Mercy
Reading Time: 2 minutesMost of us are familiar with Lady Justice. We may have seen statues and paintings of her holding a…
Uprooting the Tree of Temptation
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Bible contains many guiding scriptures to help us overcome, but it also provides understanding of the cycle of…
A Sun and Shield
Reading Time: 2 minutesKing David certainly had a way with words — not just in the eloquence and poetry of many of…