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The Gospel of Jesus Christ is truly the great unifier of humankind. When we look through the lens of the gospel, although we still see everything that is unique about someone, those distinctions no longer influence our love for them.

Though we live in a tumultuous time, so did Luther. It didn’t stop him from seeking Christ first and putting God at the center. Now is our time. We’ve been set in this generation, purposefully, to proverbially nail our own declaration of faith to...

When you look at the Bible, creation is a theme that goes from Genesis to Revelation. It’s really the story that God is doing.  

Halloween itself is not a Christian holiday but rather a worldly one, as is Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day. And as such is the case, this does not mean that we as Christians should avoid the day; instead, we choose how we engage. Scripture...

Over 60 percent of New Yorkers wanted Governor Eliot Spitzer to resign at the revelation he had solicited sex with a prostitute. What’s wrong with these people? The home of “Sex in the City” doesn’t want their chief executive doing what the...

We are not God. So by comparison to ultimate, absolute Reality, we are not much. Our existence is secondary and dependent on the absolute reality of God.

The recent outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas began with Israeli legal proceedings intending to evict four Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The families have resided there for...

So what is the story of the modern state of Israel, and why is there so much tension in the Middle East surrounding its existence? As Richard Haass writes in The World: A Brief Introduction, the history of the Middle East since World War II is...

It was a week or two ago that I came across a band called The Gray Havens. I listened to a few clips and decided to pre-order their first album. It turns out that they are readers of this site. I thought it would be fun to do an interview and they...

The history of Hanukkah can be traced back to 167 BCE, when the Greco-Assyrians, under the leadership of Antiochus IV, invaded and captured Jerusalem.

Last month a new survey from the Public Religion Institute called “The 2020 Census of American Religion” claimed that Mainline churches in America have experienced a dramatic recovery. According to this survey of 50,000 Americans, Mainline...

The refugee crisis has exploded on the American political scene in a wave of controversy extending from Congress to almost everyone’s Facebook feed.