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Politics Should Be Sacred Work May. 20, 2021
When I was growing up, my mother would constantly tell me to mind my attitude. This most often occur... Read More
Judeo-Christian Morality and Societal Health Apr. 01, 2021
Growing up, I rarely — if ever — heard anyone in authority discuss the relationship betw... Read More
Love Your Neighbor Still Feb. 26, 2021
"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with ... Read More
Christian Hate Is No Faith At All Jan. 14, 2021
Most of us who miss our mothers can name moments when our longing is most acute. For me, it sneaks u... Read More
The Authenticity of the Virgin Birth Dec. 25, 2020
F. F. Bruce is one of those scholars I have had to spend a lot of time reading in seminary. He resea... Read More
Struggle of Wills Dec. 18, 2020
A lot of Christians who were fine with the idea that President Donald Trump came to power via divine... Read More
The True Meaning of Hanukkah Dec. 11, 2020
In a recent Parents magazine piece headlined, "How to Explain the Hanukkah Story to Kids," we are in... Read More
An Evidence-Based Faith Dec. 11, 2020
Let's take a break from the election. "Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no... Read More
Barrett's Religion Is Her Personal Business, Not the Supreme Court's Oct. 16, 2020
Try as Democrats did to coax out substantive responses from Judge Amy Coney Barrett during her Supre... Read More
Biden-Harris Would Deal a Huge Blow to Religious Liberty Oct. 09, 2020
Toward the end of Vice President Mike Pence's resounding defeat of Sen. Kamala Harris in Wednesday n... Read More
A Reminder to American Jews: Civilization Is Fragile Sep. 29, 2020
Yesterday was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. It is meant to be a time of intens... Read More
A Strong Christian for the High Court Sep. 29, 2020
What else could go wrong in America? You will note I am not bothering, pedantically, with citing cu... Read More
Reality and Hope Aug. 07, 2020
A reader emailed to ask, "An honest question: how do you balance opinion vs. hope. As a pastor I alw... Read More
It's Not a Debate: Wear a Mask Jul. 02, 2020
If you're still opposed to wearing a face mask in public, this column is for Very Special You. I don... Read More
The Theology of the Protests Jun. 26, 2020
In Romans 8:18-25, Paul writes that all creation is groaning for a glory that will be revealed. He u... Read More
America's Jews and Christians Are Failing the Test of Their Lives Jun. 23, 2020
If you are a Jew or Christian in America, the seriousness of your Judaism or Christianity is now bei... Read More
Will Jewish and Christian Schools Teach the Truth About America and Racism? Jun. 16, 2020
"Do not follow the majority to do evil." — Exodus 23:2. When I went to yeshiva day schools, Am... Read More
Back to the Mayflower Jun. 02, 2020
An overlooked irony of these terrible, horrible, awful, no good, very bad times (as the great childr... Read More
