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May 2024

May 31, 2024
For hundreds of years, the church worldwide has celebrated the Visitation—the meeting of Jesus's mother,...
May 18, 2024
My guest today is Hannah Beasley, a recent grad of Dallas Seminary who shows us...

April 2024

April 13, 2024
In grade school, we learned complicated facts using mnemonic devices—memory aids to help us remember...
April 09, 2024
Looking for a good book? The 2024 book award finalists in Christian nonfiction were announced...

March 2024

March 31, 2024
Melito, bishop of Sardis in the second century, preached this Easter sermon, excerpted below, in...
March 19, 2024
We are less than two weeks from Easter, deep in the Lenten season but looking...

February 2024

February 11, 2024
I've been a practicing Protestant in the Baptist tradition all my adult life, but when...

January 2024

January 17, 2024
One year ago today, Sue Edwards and I celebrated the release of 40 Questions about...
January 10, 2024
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by...
January 06, 2024
Epiphany has arrived—finally, the Magi can meet the child Jesus! Our composite Nativity scenes most...

December 2023

December 29, 2023
Earlier this month I posted my "favorite books" of the year, but I should have...
December 26, 2023
Welcome my friend Sarah Griffith, a student at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) where she learns...
December 19, 2023
As usual, it's been a year of reading some really great books . . ....

October 2023

October 31, 2023
The image above depicts the artist's vision of heaven on earth, packed with saints looking...
October 12, 2023
What role does an aunt or uncle, along with parents' single friends, play in the...

September 2023

September 18, 2023
My guest today is Dr. Sandra Glahn, author of the forthcoming (October 10, 2023) book,...

August 2023

August 27, 2023
In the first Republican presidential primary debate in mid-August 2023, candidates were asked, "Do you...
August 17, 2023
Pastors, have you ever wanted your church members and volunteer leaders to have a more...

July 2023

July 31, 2023
I am famous in my family for looking for an item I've "lost" only to...
July 26, 2023
It's still summer, so you have time to finish reading a few extra books waiting...

May 2023

May 29, 2023
For six seasons, TV fans enjoyed the guilty pleasure of rooting for the good-looking, affable...
May 26, 2023
Animals. Birds. Insects. Trees. Flowers. Childhood. Family. Melinda Whitten's art will make you smile—and gasp....
May 16, 2023
Are you wondering what a book proposal is, or have you attempted to write one?...

April 2023

April 18, 2023
If the pen is mightier than the sword, the tiny conjunction just might be the...
April 07, 2023
Today the Christian church celebrates Good Friday, commemorating the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. Each...
April 03, 2023
As a doctoral student at Northern Seminary, I have been dismayed at recent events that...

March 2023

March 28, 2023
The church calendar looms large this time of year, as Christians worldwide prepare to celebrate...
March 13, 2023
Having written articles based on chapters in our new book, 40 Questions about Women in...

February 2023

February 27, 2023
The American evangelical church continues to discuss, argue, and fight about women. Not whether they...
February 15, 2023
Were women involved in leadership during the early centuries of the church? Over the New...
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