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The Historicity of Jesus

Usually one must wait for Easter for the media to trot out its stable of “mainstream” religious scholars who know nothing about their subjects.  This year, the present was delivered at Christmas:

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On that Christmas Day

There was a young Jewish girl named Mary, and she was scared. She wasn’t exceptionally beautiful or exceptionally smart or exceptionally strong; in fact, she didn’t feel herself to be exceptionally anything

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Jumping Off God's Bridge

Jesus Metropolitan Community Church wonders if Jesus would OK it if you’re really, truly tempted: There are, no doubt, modern people who engage in homosexual sex for reasons similar to those identified

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Think On These Things

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of

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Pray for your leaders

I was at a Wednesday night bible study the day after Bill Clinton was first elected president, and people were bummed. Our large, conservative, suburban church had lots of folks who were

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Garlic in the Garden

Late fall is usually the time when the garden gets cleaned out. The last of the pumpkin vines and pepper plants are added to the compost bin, those pesky grasses get dug

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