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So much of human religiosity comes down to a hoax we perpetrate on God.

In Paul's letters, the command to walk is moral exhortation.

Daniel Hawk avoids easy responses to violence in the Bible—but then enters some troubling territory.

We preach the gospel of peace and justice. Are there divides between our words and actions?

This is a story some of us need to hear in a new way.

Jesus is the thief, and the powers of this world own the house in which we’re waiting.

We are trained to see ourselves as the hero.  

This is a funny story. We laugh. But we're laughing at ourselves.

Artemisia Gentileschi is the most famous female artist of the Italian Baroque period. Her Conversion of the Magdalene was likely executed in Florence in 1615–16. In post-Tridentine theology, Mary Magdalene was an exemplar of the penitent sinner. Artemisia captures a delicate balance between the Magdalene’s sensuality and her faith through both her attire and the gesture of clutching her breast.

It is easy to become weary after another officer-involved shooting of a young black man.