Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...

Everyone loves a good story. The popularity of Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Game of Thrones illustrates the affection most of us have for engaging tales of ...

In the first article on the parables of Christ, we’d stated that it’s impossible to understand the dynamics of God’s kingdom without understanding the parables used by Christ to explain the kingdom of ...

With guest host John Harwood. A conversation with a Jewish scholar and former Catholic priest turned writer about why Jesus’ Jewish roots matter. An image of "Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus" by ...

Last Sunday, we discussed the Parable of the Sower on Matt. 13:1-23, one of the few parables that our Lord Jesus Christ himself gives and then explains to his disciples what it really meant. Today's ...

Author's note: Context plays an important role in how the term "queer" is employed here. This word has a history of being used as a slur and could offend some people. However, as language evolves, ...