Romans

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

An ELCA bishop apologized for sexist comments he made—without claiming that they were out of character.

Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?

Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?

Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?

The Jesuit scientist questioned whether humans are descended from Adam. It got him exiled.

Cheap resistance is like cheap grace. It risks very little.

I was counting on her discretion.

I was counting on her discretion.

I was counting on her discretion.

“It's a sin problem,” goes the slogan, “not a gun problem.” Whatever definition of sin is operative here, it isn't Paul’s.

Maybe we need to be pushed in different ways than the Romans did.

There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.

It's not always what we would choose for ourselves.

It's not always what we would choose for ourselves.

On the way to the soup kitchen, I met a man with a loaf of bread.

This text is a painful confession.

Christians have long lived in denial of our deep creaturely connections.

True character is only formed over long periods of time.