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John Wesley's marriage shows us how not to be married.  By that I mean that...

Today is Ash Wednesday, when Christians around the world have ashes put on their foreheads...

I am very grateful to my friend and fellow Anglican Scot McKnight (who, BTW, is...

I hope to see some of you this weekend when I give a series of...

The Psalmist wrote that the righteous "still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full...

There are more truths per column inch in this article about Israel than you will...

  We often hear that climate scientists are all agreed that we are facing a...

Scripture suggests that the course of human history is both directed and fragile.  By fragile I mean that...

Every believer is beset by doubts from time to time.  There is plenty of evidence...

There wasn’t much laughing at Trump’s inauguration, but then presidential inaugurations are solemn affairs. After...

Yesterday was the annual March for Life in Washington DC. It's a good time to...

Thomas C. Leonard’s new book, Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, & American Economics in the Progressive Era details...

Most theologians presume that all national and Jewish-gentile distinctions were eliminated by Jesus and the...

I have written here and at Christianity Today that Palestinian journalist Khaled Abu Toameh predicted that the...

. . . as they discuss their book with Timothy George: !/swx/pp/media_archives/99668/episode/65987  

In dark and uncertain times like these, we need to laugh. Winston Churchill was the...

My thoughts in Christianity Today on why there is more chance for peace in Israel with...

The Elor Azoria trial proves it.  Israel convicted one of its own soldiers of manslaughter...

Here is the full review:   

His name is Andrew Brunson.  He has been a missionary to Turkey for more than...

He toured Israel and the West Bank, talking to Jews and Arabs.  This changed his...

Doug Mainwaring tried to be a woman and is now a married man with children,...

The journal Providence is running my article today on last week's American betrayal of Israel at the United...

For the first time in the history of the United States, we have failed to...

Did you know that Jesus said the Shema was the most important part of the...

 וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ ס9 And write them on the doorposts of your house and...

 וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃8 You should bind them as a sign on...

You may have noticed that I have not posted for a week. That's because we...

 וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣7  בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃ and you should inculcate them...

This is the third in a series on The Shema (Deut 6.4-9)  וְהָי֞וּ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֙ר...