God, you've always been right beside me. When comfort and self are all I see You are there. When grief and loss overtake me You are there...

Imagine a world in which power struggles regularly erupt between rival factions whose tribes gather at the field of battle to pit their...

"Trust is the bedrock of social life at all levels, from romance and parenting to national government. Deception always undermines it....

God, you are bigger than my problems. You care that I grieve but God, my challenges are small when I lift my eyes away from my mirrors...

Examples of misunderstood New Testament verses First let's remind ourselves of the Greco-Roman-Jewish perspectives that are unique to the...

Now let's look at those unusual passages in the Bible, remembering that they reflect the sensibilities of post-exilic conservative Jews...

Data over Dogma is a popular podcast that features Bible scholar Dan McClellan and Atheist Dan Beecher interacting with biblical material...

"What is it?" Whether it's Superman, a UFO or a strange sea creature, inquiring humans want to know. We make our best guesses: A bird? A...

What about the bothersome parts of the Bible that depict God telling people to kill other people? How did these scenes make it into our...

Thoughts on the Authorship of Scripture We cannot be dependent on the “original autographs,” not only because we do not have them, but...

"… Jesus was the kind of extraordinary person who inspired people so profoundly that they told stories about him. As they did, they...

What do the Pentagon, Lower Manhattan and Lindor Truffles have in common? We associate each one with the idea of a Center. Especially...

"We contend that viewing the inspiration of Scripture solely from the cognitive environment of print culture opens the door to...

You've seen optical illusions- they're everywhere. In times past, decorators and artists would produce paintings called trompe l'oeil...

It's around 40 CE. Stories and sayings of Jesus are circulating around Jerusalem, other nearby urban centers and Galilee. A novel Jewish...

As I prepared to talk about John 15:26-16:4 over the last few weeks, I have to admit that I struggled. At first glance, I didn't feel...

Many churchgoing believers are given the impression that the Bible is totally unique among written works. We are taught that in subject...

Is it easier to define your social world using negatives or positives? In other words, is it more important to establish your group by...

We human beings can't seem to escape our natural affinity for hierarchies, pecking orders, in- and out-groups, us-versus-them and general...

There's more than one way to see the Good News. Ever heard of an exophytic complex cyst adjacent to the splenic dome? Unless you're a...