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Hélène M. Dallaire discusses Mastering Biblical Hebrew
HÉLÈNE M. DALLAIRE (PhD, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is Earl S. Kalland Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages and Chair of the Old Testament Depar...
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The Truth About Shame and Grace
Memoir is truth-telling. About one’s own life, yes, but also life. As Elie Wiesel said, “with memoir you must be honest, you must be truthfu...
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The Truth About Suffering
“I will say, with memoir,” Elie Wiesel is quoted as saying, “you must be honest, you must be truthful.”
Jack Deere tells the truth in his ne...
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What Can Churches Do to Help with Mental Health Conditions?
ADHD and autism, depression and anxiety, mood disorders and other common mental health conditions are all part of people's lives this side o...
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How Much Exegetical Material Should You Share in Your Sermon?
The science of solid biblical interpretation is essential to effective preaching. Yet it must be paired with the art of contemporary communi...
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How to Make the Benefits of Family Life Accessible to LGBT People
“In the day-to-day details of navigating Christian obedience with a gay orientation,” observes Nate Collins in his new book All But Invisibl...
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Biblical Counseling vs. Christian Counseling: What’s the Difference?
This post is adapted from Heath Lambert's Theology of Biblical Counseling online course.
There are some Christians who disagree that the Bi...
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“Who Am I?" Personal Identity in an Age of Identity Angst
After certain events changed Brian Rosner’s life dramatically, he had lost his sense of self and was forced to revisit the most personal of ...
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4 Reasons Why Faith vs. Science Is a Myth
“Tonight we will be talking about faith versus science. Our first guest is a former University of Oxford professor, evolutionary biologist, ...
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Gender and Sexual Identity: We Need a Fresh Perspective for Our People
For many years the intersection of gay identity and Christian identity in the United States was a virtual no-man’s land. Nate Collins is one...
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2 Crucial Lessons the Western Church Can Learn from African Christianity
Meet Francinah Baloyi.
Francinah was born into a family of traditional spiritual healers of African traditional religion who were strongly o...
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What Are the Top 10 Problems People Have with God?
We are living in one of the most skeptical eras ever.
Whether because of #FakeNews or post-modern relativism, our post-truth world posses a ...
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Was Katie Luther Spiritual? The Piety of the Reformation’s First Lady
In Katie Luther, Ruth Tucker introduces us to Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther and First Lady of the Reformation.
This is not the s...
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5 Things You Need to Know About Katie Luther
They say behind every great man is a great woman.
The same holds true for Martin Luther. And Ruth Tucker wants to introduce her to you in he...
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How to Apply the Bible to Your Life in Four Steps
One hallmark of biblical interpretation is the meant-means distinction: we need to determine what the Bible meant (to the original author an...
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2 Views on Human Evolution: Evolutionary-Creation vs. Unique-Origin
Discussions surrounding Christianity and science have been fraught with taut rhetoric and polarizing polemics on both sides of the aisle. Th...
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Darwin, Darwinism, and the "Dictionary of Christianity and Science"
Faith and science have been both kissing cousins and sworn enemies throughout Western history.
That tension, however, hasn’t stopped Paul Co...
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