Ephesians

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

People often respond not to the person in front of them but to reverberations from the past.

The war in Iran underscores what was already evident: Trump goes on instinct, and his instinct is to dominate others.

The bewilderment of the women at the tomb gives way to a hope that overturns power, shame, and death itself.

Herod is frightened—or disturbed, or troubled, or all of the above.

Sometimes we glimpse magnificence in common occurrences. Science stumbles into poetry. We get a taste of singularity.

Gird yourself with the T-shirt of righteousness, the backpack of faith, the hoodie of salvation.

What does it look like to be angry without sinning?

What does it look like to be angry without sinning?

The growth and the flourishing of the body of Christ is measured by its love.

It’s hard to greet people with a blessing without sounding ostentatiously pious.

Is there anything more embarrassing than believing in a three-story universe?

Pastors face intense challenges—though not necessarily unique ones.

In the company of church members in recovery from addiction, I’m feeling more open to the doctrine of original sin.

It’s hard to see the way God sees.

What if we did asystematic theology?

If so, what did he mean?

While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.

Christ has brought the entire cosmos into submission? Frankly, it doesn’t look that way.

Theology is not popularly understood to be a landscape where dreams are welcome.