Rabbi's Opinion of Jesus

In Newsweek, Rabbi Jacob Neusner writes about how he would respond to Jesus had he met him personally 2,000 years ago:

I can see myself not only meeting ...

Three Basic, Quiet Acts

The pastors of America have metamorphosed into a company of shopkeepers, and the shops they keep are churches. They are preoccupied with shopkeepers' ...

Martin Luther's Primary Concerns

When Luther became a priest and celebrated his first Mass, in 1507, he trembled so much he nearly dropped the bread and cup. He became so terrified of ...

Start on the Inside

If a farmer doesn't plant seeds, he will never harvest a crop. It doesn't matter how weed-free his ground is; he must also plant and cultivate ...

Different Views of Scripture

One group comes at Scripture as a technical book, a legal guideline. The other sees it as spirit, an indicated direction.

The Poetry of the KJV

I'm grateful ... that from my mother's example, I found the base for worship--that I found a love of sitting and reading the Bible for myself ...

Christianity's Effect

Christianity has never been tried, the cliche runs. And of course it's true, but so is it true that Christianity has checked the movements of millions ...

Down and Out from Beverly Hills

Throughout their history, the Gideons have received letters from people who found and read a Gideon-placed Bible. Here is one such letter from mid-century. ...

Armed with Scripture

A simple layman armed with Scripture is to be believed above a pope or a cardinal without it.

God's Word Is Hot

When the hot word of God is poured over a cold, cold world, things break, and it is into that brokenness that we are called, into whatever big or small ...