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There is at present a stream of good and interesting books on the Hebrew Bible’s King David, written by first-rate scholars....

I staggered through my house that morning, knowing I was out of coffee. I took multiple trips around the house looking for my shoes, finally settled for outrageously large climbing boots, then took multiple trips looking for my keys. I finally jumped on my motorcycle—adrenaline is a good substitute for endorphins when you get older—and broke many laws getting to the local caffeine clinic. Upon arriving I had the sinking realization that my man-purse was not in my backpack. At this point all my training as a contemplative was out the window.

I think I am done with the snark....

What are the best books for ministry written in the 21st century? We asked seven pastors to pick their favorites. — Ed....

The Deepest Human Life is an elegantly written, impassioned, and sometimes disjointed plea on behalf of philosophy. Scott Samuelson invokes poets, novelists, and theologians to defend the dialectical process that Socrates imparted.

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(The Christian Science Monitor) The situation in Iraq is no laughing matter, but artists of all stripes are turning to humor to wage war...

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What if the agreed daily wage is forgiveness and eternal life?

Like many mainline Protestant institutions, the National Council of Churches has had a rough couple of years. Once the public face of American Protestantism, the NCC is now just another face in the crowd. Yet with new leadership and a retooled mission, the NCC is poised to rebound from its low ebb of influence and carries a great deal of promise into the future.

When teaching classes in churches, I occasionally tested students on the Ten Commandments....

This temptation will always remain when we are willing to blindly benefit from and represent a system that is working well for us, without the concrete concern for others that are silenced or stigmatized by that very same system. In the name of making a difference, we can actually begin to help the system be sophisticated in its ability to point to its “change makers” (even though they are merely exceptions to the rule) as evidence of its commitment to anti-oppression.

What are the best books for ministry written in the 21st century? We asked seven pastors to pick their favorites. — Ed....

Why do most white evangelicals vote Republican? How has this affected Republican politics? Matthew Sutton gives us our first good account of how and why evangelical political views developed the way they did. Three elements were crucial—premillennial eschatology, World War I, and the Puritan heritage. 

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"After we receive the bread, we're gonna go to the kitchen," he said. "We have cheese pizza tonight."

In two weeks, Penguin Press will publish acclaimed television writer and producer Norman Lear’s autobiography, ...