Relatively new in the church’s liturgical calendar, Christ the King Day (the last Sunday before Advent, November 21 this year) merits a new hymn. Here

Have rifle sales started to soar at the local Wal-Mart? Are friends discussing white water rafting and rock climbing for the first time? Are church

“What is the kingdom of God like?” Jesus often said. “To what shall we compare it?” And whenever Jesus began to speak like this to

According to a well-known Puritan adage from Joseph Hall, “God loveth adverbs; and cares not how good, but how well.” It may well be true

In 2 Corinthians 6:6 the apostle mentions the motives of his zeal for the cause of Christ: “By goodness, by the Holy Ghost, by love

With this issue Roy Anker rotates off Perspectives’ team of co-editors, and the bearer of the above by-line rotates on. Nothing personal: it’s Board policy,

Those who are familiar with “the AAR” (shorthand for the 9,000-person annual joint meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical

“At the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.” “While we were enemies, we were reconciled to God.” This is the gospel–the good news–of justification

In November of 1950, Uncle Sam pointed his long bony finger at my father and ordered this able-bodied U.S. citizen to do his military duty.