Something is always lost in translation. That is a sickening axiom to all who have a sacred book in their non-native tongue. But because it…

I am a veterinary epidemiologist. I wake up at 4 a.m. and plod barefoot through my morning routine: Put kettle on, switch off outside lights,…

Republican or Democrat? Conservative or liberal? Cubs or Dodgers? Seahawks or Cowboys? There are countless ways to identify oneself. And though we may not be…

The phrase Christ alone is at the center of the well-known declaration of the sixteenth century Reformers. They based their teachings on God’s justification of…

In preparing for this issue of the Bible Advocate, I read every passage in the Bible about hope. There are scores of them; Scripture is…

The phrase “the evening and the morning,” repeated throughout the first chapter of Genesis, underscores life’s daily-ness. In case you haven’t noticed, life is very…

The weather forecast called for a sunny, dry day, so my husband and I and our son decided to go on a picnic. Later, while…