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The New Testament describes the good news of Jesus Christ, the Gospel that a dying Savior Who rises from death in order to give new life to ...

So said one seventeen year old from the Boston area, reacting to a five year old girl, paralyzed by gunshots who, along with her mother, has...

Read about it here . (Thanks to Glenn Reynolds for linking to this piece .) For background information, look here .

with the two conversational partners, you'll enjoy Charlie Lehardy's An Easter Dialogue . Charlie remains one of the most thoughtful...

See here . It reminds me of the old Judean custom of giving Alms on the brink of Passover, discussed here .

The incomparable Mark D. Roberts is doing a series of short posts on the last words of Jesus from the cross . Mark's reflections are de...

Among other things, they all had interesting insights on Jesus Christ. Check out what they all had to say here .

[This is from my colleague, Pastor Glen VanderKloot. Glen sends out a daily emailed inspiration to which you can subscribe. Information on h...

[This message was shared with the people of Friendship Church on Maundy Thursday, April 13, 2006.] John 13:1-17, 31-35 In his fantastic new ...

Some people tell me, "If only I could see a miracle, I could believe." Or, despondent over the fact that someone they care about r...

When, on this past Sunday's West Wing , Democratic presidential nominee Matt Santos (played by Jimmy Smits) defeated the GOP standard be...

Here are links to all of the daily readings in the 40-Days to Servanthood series: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day ...

We worship God through our servanthood. When I served on the church council of my home congregation in Columbus, our pastor once told us, “Y...

Bruce Armstrong has an interesting post remembering the Bataan Death March of World War Two . One of my high school teachers was a veteran o...

In the light of this recent poll showing that most Americans don't believe in a resurrection of the dead, one might wonder about any pr...

Servants see the big picture. An oft-told story has it that a man walked by a construction site one day and asked a worker, “What are you do...

Servants tackle what they’re not good at doing. After an evening Lenten service, which included discussion, a friend approached me. “Mark,” ...

With the recent hubbub about 'The Gospel of Judas,' it seems like a good time to answer the question: What is a gospel anyway? What ...

Servants need never burn out. Servants can burn out, of course. But why do they? I can cite two major reasons. First, there’s the 80-20 rul...

Ben Witherington, one of my favorite New Testament scholars, has posted two helpful pieces on the 'Gospel of Judas.' See here and h...