The Qur’an is not a description of God. It’s a call to conversion.
Scripture
The devil is testing Jesus. Jesus is also testing the devil.
Every year, we repeat this dusty choreography.
In the beginning, God created difference
Theodore Hiebert’s deft reading elicits a fresh awareness of the legitimacy of the other in Genesis.
God’s presence transfigures here, now, in the familiar.
Idolatry is the desire to manipulate God.
Putting flesh on the bones of justice
Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
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.
