The resurrection of the body
Over the course of this month I’ve been leading a book discussion of N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope for an
Over the course of this month I’ve been leading a book discussion of N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope for an
Is no theology preferable to bad theology? In my town, Pella, Iowa, Tulip Time was almost three weeks ago. The tulips weren’t quite ready, but

My fellow academics sometimes complain about having to attend commencement ceremonies every spring, but I don’t mind sitting through them. I appreciate the opportunity to
Two other mountain men stayed with him, and one of them, Jim Bridger, would become even more famous than he. It was 1823, and they
Sin can be a slippery slope. I can still picture it, the baseboard that ran along the outer side of stairwell. I was a kid
I don’t fully get prayer. I’m not sure exactly what happens. Am I changing God’s “mind” (forgive me for the anthropomorphic description of God)? Is my mind

Back when I joined the Perspectives magazine Board of Editors in 2000 (which even now does not sound all that long ago), I was struck
Why do we remember what we remember? I attended the 50th Anniversary of Young Life in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, last week and was
Gotta admit, Mother’s Day is not my favorite holiday. Nothing whatsoever against my mother, mothers in general, or mother as a concept. Not even if