1 John

The Korean concept of hwa-yang-yeon-hwa has helped me embody the theologian’s idea of the beata vita.

The bishop of Hippo isn’t just for JD Vance and Mike Johnson—and Bible studies aren’t just for evangelicals.

You can live a long time off a vision like the transfiguration. But there is much else in this world we must look at, from which we dare not avert our eyes.

Judgment doesn’t have to be bad news.

According to 1 John, we have received more than mere mortal attestation.

The Christian faith often gives friendship short shrift.

Fruitful ministry becomes sustainable when it is shared, person to person and generation to generation.

In biblical Greek, the word we translate as “abide” is active rather than passive.

The idea that God loves us seems so simple.

It’s not possible to parent without experiencing risk, weakness, pain, and transformation.

1 John says the love of God comes first. Oh. Right.

Sometimes it seems that the vine grower has prepared the vineyard and gone off to a remote island where things are warmer and nicer.

We are divided. We do not abide each other well.

In our current crisis, fear is both cause and consequence.

Norman Wirzba views theology and ecology through 1 John 4:8, "Whoever does not love does not know God."

We church leaders need to stop fretting about our future and immerse ourselves in the baptismal waters that proclaim perfect love.

Could the Spirit's love be poured into the hearts of people untouched by the incarnation? Could non-Christians be lovers of the only God there is?

An ancient definition of God says that God is an intelligible circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

Most media representations of the biblical story are too literal. In the effort to get the story's details right, the storyteller misses the point.

This Sunday’s texts from Daniel and Mark (and, perhaps, Hebrews) are quite apocalyptic in their outlook. This may lead most preachers to focus their attentions elsewhere—though post-election, many U.S. partisans may be feeling fairly apocalyptic themselves.