The crowd's proximity to Jesus does not make them attentive to his priorities.
Scripture
What will it take to break through our numbness?
James and John don’t want power; they want a special level of intimacy with Jesus.
A Jewish and Christian commentary on Luke’s gospel
Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington’s dialogue is most illuminating when the co-authors disagree.
The cross is both foundation and anti-foundation, a disturber of worlds.
A remarkable commentary on the Qur’an and the Bible
Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.
Sometimes we need a good old-fashioned swig of bracing disillusionment.
We are worthy, loved, and enough. But so is everyone else.
By middle-class American standards, the widow's decision is questionable.
