Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
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Jesus’ call is less about what we leave behind than our eager response to follow him as everyday people.
Shaping a place where people can become more like Christ
Scot McKnight looks to Paul to define the pastoral task.
What do we do when we read a story where the ending is already known?
What if we treated all of creation—plants and stars, soil and rivers—as our kin?
Biblical scholar Mari Joerstad and indigenous activist Nick Estes challenge our human-centered worldview.
Jesus knows he’s part of a history, a people’s longing and dreams.
Genealogies suggest a beautiful inevitability even amid political impossibility.
The Bible gives no sense that the family is an end in itself.
Does Matthew correct Mark’s story? Or complete it?
Matthew D. C. Larsen challenges long-held assumptions about the Gospels.
Four views of Paul’s letter to the Romans
In Preaching Romans, a range of scholars present their perspectives in complementary ways.
Matthew connects Jesus to the overarching narrative of the Jewish people—as well as to the smaller story of Matthew’s immediate community.
Preachers who value their pulpit would be wise to avoid Isaiah 9 this Christmas Eve.
Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.
In Luke, Mary says that she’s a virgin. Do I believe her?
In his response to John, Jesus speaks of hope in the present tense.
