Faith • Biblical Reflections No Polite Prayers: How Psalm 77 Helps Us Pray Fiercely Joe Palekas | 13 min read How might you describe your conversations with God? What words would you use to characterize your tone or approach? For those of us who have spent any amount of time... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Eli, the Passive Priest Rev. J.T. Tarter | 9 min read Growing up, I regularly spent time with the Berenstein Bears. You may have really loved those books—I certainly did, and do—but you may or may not be aware that the... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Preaching to the Walking Dead Rev. Matt Lietzen | 11 min read As a pastor in a local church, I deeply enjoy our weekly practice of walking through the Bible together section by section, book by book, and seeing how the timeless... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections 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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
