Matthew

Like the surveillance state, the Christ Pantocrator icon asserts an omnipresent authority. But it also asserts divine mercy and love.

The kind of love Jesus taught may not be popular. But the alternative has already shown its rotten fruit.

Writing primarily for post-evangelicals, ethicist David Gushee examines 40 biblical texts.

Luke usually tones down the apocalyptic intensity we encounter in Matthew and Mark. Not here.

While my thinking on this question has shifted, at the core of my being there is still a well-dressed girl from Queens.

Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.

One of the clearest ways God says yes to Christians is when unjust authorities hate us.

The medieval mystic offers challenging words for desperate times.

Some things are too big for a single narrative.

By refusing to swear oaths, 16th-century Anabaptists took away the state’s primary tool for control.

By refusing to swear oaths, 16th-century Anabaptists took away the state’s primary tool for control.

Isaiah and Matthew invite us into deeper solidarity. None is well until all are well.

Isaiah and Matthew invite us into deeper solidarity. None is well until all are well.

The Enlightenment thinker was fiercely critical of religion. But what did he mean by religion?

My theological education began at Deep Springs College, a two-year work school in California.

Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.

Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.

You rarely see a children’s pageant based on Matthew’s story of escape from a raging despot.