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Could Peter Leithart be on to something when he calls 2 Kings 5 “the richest Old Testament story of baptism,” one that “anticipates Christian baptism”?...
Recently I browsed the front end of the religion section in my neighborhood bookstore, and I found ...
When I carried this book into a gas-station diner I saw the waitress look at the title and roll her eyes....
The reason I am still in the ministry is because of the night I decided to leave the ministry. It was my day off. The phone rang, and it was the chaplain at a nearby hospital....
A quarter century ago, I dreamed of being a teaching pastor....
Browsing through this pair of commentaries on Acts, I found myself wondering, “What are commentaries s...
One night over burgers and some libation, a seminary classmate declared, “Theology and exegesis won’t matter once you’re in the parish....
As a clergyman in a mainline denomination, I find myself either bored or annoyed when I even glance over a book ...
Two bible scholars have weighed in with books that emphasize love as the heart of our life with God—a s...
Ministry is befuddling, either in the way the people we serve are just so very strange, or in the way the grace of God catches us off guard—or both....
I am surprising my wife, Lisa, with a rug for Christmas, and since she isn’t a reader of this magazine, I trust my secret is safe with you. We weren’t looking for a rug; it just showed up....
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