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Reading the Bible as One Story

Hugh Whelchel | 8 min read

Adapted from Hugh Whelchel’s book All Things New: Rediscovering the Four-Chapter Gospel. A powerful scene at the end of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings was not...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

The Star of Bethlehem

Hugh Whelchel | 12 min read

O star of wonder, star of night, Star of royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light. There is no brighter symbol of the Christmas...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Bad Accounting, An Eccentric Boss, Complaining Employees, and the Kingdom of God

Rev. Matt Lietzen | 14 min read

Jesus’ parables are stories Jesus told, stories each with a particular purpose – not disconnected moral fables about how to be better people but rather stories to immerse us in...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Fiery Snakes, Earthquakes, and Talking Donkeys

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 15 min read

Numbers, the fourth book of the Bible, is undoubtedly the great book with the terrible marketing plan. The Greek title is arithmoi, the Latin numeri, and hence the English “Numbers,”...

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Bashing Babies on Boulders? Making Sense of Psalm 137

Joe Palekas | 11 min read

Where were you on May 2, 2011? I was at an Usher concert with a few friends. It was a great concert, and I enjoyed hearing Usher perform several hits...