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Have you wondered how trauma might be affecting your church experience?

In her third book on trust, Teresa Morgan argues that it is what empowers us to turn away from wrongdoing and suffering and toward...

Experience the New Testament afresh in Scot McKnight's bold translation. Typical translations of the New Testament make the biblical text as accessible as possible by using the language of our...

The president has violated the Constitution and is showing contempt for the will of the public.

Treasures in clay jars...

The book has been gearing for its last chapter as one would find in a good novel, when at the end the whole story makes better sense.

Each year I nominate my “Books of the Year.” I nominate books I have read and in every case the books themselves first grabbed my attention.

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My 2025 DMin Cohort:

What about ACNA?

That title to this Substack is not click bait.

A reminder from a previous Substack of mine that riffed on an essay by McKay Coppins in The Atlantic:

Christian Nationalism vs. Christianity, Part 3

Did Jesus accuse the Pharisees and scribes of heresy?

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Experience the New Testament afresh in Scot McKnight's bold translation. Typical translations of the New Testament make the biblical text as accessible as possible by using the language of our...

One of my favorite writers on Revelation and all things eschatology is Greg Carey, who is a professor of NT at Lancaster Theological Seminary and Moravian Theological Seminary (in Pennsylvania for tho...

Today’s post is by Chris Kugler, a friend and fine NT scholar.

Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts;

The irony of the recent SBC volume edited by Stephen Wellum (Southern Baptist Journal of Theology at SBJT 28.2 [2024]), is that it contorts, like a fidget twisty, Baptist history.

My Foreword to Jesus Was (not what we expected but better than we imagined), eds.

Almighty God,

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Welcome to my favorite Garrison-Keillor-like spoof on the Lut’rans.

I do not believe the SBC thinkers who contributed to the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (SBJT 28.2 [2024]), which is available online, understand the First Amendment or the history of the USA.

Hello friends!

I have a friend who sent me a manuscript for review.

Jesus was crucified with two insurrectionists.

An earlier version of a piece published in Christian Century

Our Everyday Bible Study reflection on 1, 2, 3 John has just landed on our doorstep.

A recent edition of the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (SBJT 28.2 [2024]), which is available online, took as its subject Christian nationalism.

Invisible Jesus: A Book about Leaving the Church and Looking for Christ - Kindle edition by McKnight, Scot, Phillips, Tommy Preson. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or ta...

Good morning from a sweltering, sweat-inducing Midwest.

If the federal government really wanted to create a stir it could prohibit ordained pastors from voting.

I taught college students for 17 years.

Those who have experienced the otherworldly, the transcendent realm, or the miraculous often witness to the formative influence of miracles.

By way of reminder (or fresh news!), Michael Bird and Jason Maston co-edited a book called Five Views on the Gospel. The five authors are Michael Horton, David deSilva, Julie C. Ma, and Shively T.J. S...

Good morning!

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Some pastors, and I don’t know how many, still anoint the sick in a prayer for healing.

While the nation’s Republican leaders have fallen into a radical mode of complicity, a growing number of state and local leaders are buoyed up by a swelling number of citizens who are resisting the co...

The disciplines of biblical studies and theology should serve each other, and they should serve both the church and the academy together. But the relationship between them is often marked by misunders...

On June 14, 2025, President Donald Trump orchestrated a symbolic action of strength.