Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Wither­ington III have written a unique commentary on Luke—the one I’ll turn to first for the foreseeable future. The first major commentary cowritten by a Jew and a Christian, ...

Commentaries tend to fluctuate between arid, compendious technical analyses and vivid but tendentious tours de force; few of them help readers understand the connection between the biblical texts in ...

In an era where churches face declining memberships and shrinking budgets, finding innovative ways to serve the community and remain relevant is essential. Under the leadership of Pastor Cory Demmel, ...

George W. Bush may have been the closest thing members of the Christian right had to a president who was one of them, but his eight years in office did little to further their political religion. The ...

A Catholic research team in South Korea has published the first Korean-language Bible commentary after 17 years of work. The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is a vast collection of 29 ...

Without a commitment to love, you get violence. The shooting of Donald Trump highlights just how important it is to remember that bedrock Christian principle. But a recent essay in The New York Times ...

One year ago at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, the world witnessed one way in which Christian nationalism imperils American democracy. We’ve all seen photos and footage of the mob violence ...

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It’s a hair-raising prayer, to modern minds. Just rude. Like telling someone that you love and respect him and then telling him he smells bad and he has a 3-year-old’s dress sense and his jokes aren’t ...

Editor’s note: This op-ed has been corrected to remove inaccurate attribution for a claim that Donald Trump is the most Christian president in years. The statement was made as part of a written ...

The images of insurrection in the U.S. Capitol have run on a near constant media loop since Jan. 6: Donald Trump refused to concede the election; his supporters assembled on the National Mall, where ...

First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress has come to embrace the Christian nationalist label. Last month, Fox News contributor, MAGA supporter and pastor of Dallas’ First Baptist Church Robert ...