"In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ ...

God does not require or seek our abasement. Indeed, as the fullness of life and love—which is how we might define God even while never having fully encountered him—God already opens himself to us, ...

The resurrection is an event addressed to hope and love, and only in that way can it be a challenge to agnosticism or the denial of God. When Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Mount Everest with Tenzin ...

Throughout Christian history, interpretations of biblical scripture have deeply influenced doctrines that shape beliefs, ethical standards, and societal norms. Despite the insistence by many ...

John Dickson is Founding Scholar of the Centre for Public Christianity, and visiting lecturer in the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney. When Sir Edmund ...

The default psychological setting for human beings is an unavoidable self-centeredness. We each stand at the center of our own thoughts, feelings and needs, and thus experience them in a way that we ...

The Bible is, as Wilson’s title has it, the book of the people. We build our meanings together. By Frank Cottrell-Boyce The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible A N Wilson Atlantic Books, 213pp, ...

In a recent speech full of allusions to Bible verses and Christian hymns at the National Baptist Convention in Kansas City, Hillary Clinton focused on Christian humility. She acknowledged that ...