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38.4—Jul/Aug, 2025
38.4—Jul/Aug, 2025
on Lectionaries & the Reading of Scripture as Worship
38.2—Mar/Apr, 2025
38.2—Mar/Apr, 2025
Light from Light: A Theological Reflection on the Nicene Creed by Robert Barron
37.5—Sept/Oct, 2024
37.1—Jan/Feb, 2024
Rulers Ancient & Modern Who Kill the Innocent for Peace & Security
36.6—Nov/Dec, 2023
on the Sanctified Censorship of Balaam
36.5—Sept/Oct, 2023
36.5—Sept/Oct, 2023
36.3—May/Jun, 2023
The Sweetness of Scripture Is Not Just for Beekeeping Monks
36.3—May/Jun, 2023
36.3—May/Jun, 2023
36.2—Mar/Apr, 2023
36.2—Mar/Apr, 2023
on a New Take on Romans 1 Well Worth Skipping
36.1—Jan/Feb, 2023
35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022
The Grammar of Wisdom & the Rhetoric of Prophecy
35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022
“We Don't Torment Jesus. We Only Question Him”
35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022
35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022
Encouragement for Christians Preparing for the End
35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022
35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022
35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022
The Chosen's Less-than-Awesome Cinematic Christ
35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022
35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022
on a Biblical Lesson from the Horse's Mouth
35.3—May/Jun, 2022
35.1—January/February, 2022
Milton's Satan & the Confusion of the Mind
34.4—July/August, 2021
Four Essentials Every Christian Is Called to Embrace
34.4—July/August, 2021
on the Canonicity of the Greek & Hebrew Texts
34.4—July/August, 2021
34.3—May/June, 2021
34.3—May/June, 2021
Her Wise Strategy in Response to Slavery, Racial Hatred & Genocide
34.2—March/April, 2021
34.2—March/April, 2021
34.1—January/February, 2021
Children, Marital Intimacy & Divine Desire
34.1—January/February, 2021
on the Gospel According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton
33.5—September/October, 2020
33.5—September/October, 2020
33.4—July/August, 2020
33.3—May/June, 2020
Sin Covers a Multitude of Loves
33.2—March/April, 2020
Easy Descent on an Unguarded Road
33.2—March/April, 2020
on How Bodily Resurrection Informs Social Justice
33.2—March/April, 2020
The True Ways of Knowing in Ecclesiastes
33.2—March/April, 2020
33.1—January/February, 2020
33.1—January/February, 2020
33.1—January/February, 2020
33.1—January/February, 2020
32.5—September/October, 2019
32.4—July/August, 2019
32.4—July/August, 2019
Does Biblical Language for Man Matter?
32.3—May/June, 2019
32.3—May/June, 2019
on the Implications of Changing the Pater Noster
32.2—March/April, 2019
32.2—March/April, 2019
32.2—March/April, 2019
The Spiritual & Sacramental Choir of the Body of Christ
32.2—March/April, 2019
on Preserving Physical & Spiritual Nourishment
31.6—November/December, 2018
31.5—September/October, 2018
on Jewish Liturgy & Deeper Christian Exegesis
31.4—July/August, 2018
on the Brevity & Theology of Her Recorded Words
31.4—July/August, 2018
31.4—July/August, 2018
His Thoughts Are Not Our Thoughts, Nor His Words
31.3—May/June, 2018
on Christ's Commandments & True Discipleship
31.3—May/June, 2018
31.3—May/June, 2018
31.2—March/April, 2018
31.2—March/April, 2018
31.1—January/February, 2018
31.1—January/February, 2018
on Augustine & Refusing to Grieve As Others Do
30.6—Nov/Dec, 2017
30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017
on the Importance of Narrative in Christian Formation
30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017
30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017
30.4—July/Aug, 2017
When the Inevitable Questions of Suffering Confront the Living God
30.4—July/Aug, 2017
30.4—July/Aug, 2017
30.3—May/June, 2017
Christian Formation in Our Apocalyptic Age
30.1—Jan/Feb, 2017
The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible by A. N. Wilson
28.4—July/Aug, 2015
on Lessons from a Bible Study in China
27.4—July/August, 2014
The Bible, Sacred Theology & the Mind of Christ
27.3—May/June, 2014
27.2—March/April, 2014
on Reading the Hebrew Bible as Philosophy
26.5—Sept/Oct, 2013
A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians by Timothy Larson
26.4—July/August, 2013
on Why the Apostle to the Gentiles Changed His Name
26.4—July/August, 2013
26.3—May/June, 2013
Pentecost and the Voice on the Mountain: The Silence of Holiness
26.3—May/June, 2013
26.2—Mar/Apr, 2013
on the Suffering of Faith & the Paradox of Psalm 88
25.4—July/August, 2012
Scripture in the Age of Google
The Digital Bible & How We Can Read It
25.2—March/April, 2012
Scripture, Translation & the Possibility of Spiritual Understanding
24.6—Nov/Dec, 2011
The Lord's Truth & the Casualty of Politics
24.4—July/August, 2011
on Growing Up Baptist Among Bible Belt Catholics
24.3—May/June, 2011
The Making & Endurance of the King James Bible, 1611-2011
24.3—May/June, 2011
The Bible in English: Its History and Influence by David Daniell
23.2—March/April, 2010
on Maturity for a Rising Generation
22.4—May, 2009
A Christian Reading of Ruth & the Hebrew Scriptures
22.3—April, 2009
Matthew’s Trial of Jesus Is About More than Jesus
21.10—December, 2008
Early Christian Teaching on the Incarnation & Redemption
21.9—November, 2008
on Bible Lessons for the Disney Generation
21.2—March, 2008
The Difference Between the Bible & the Koran Is Fermentation
20.9—November, 2007
Engaging the Bible: Critical Readings From Contemporary Women
edited by Choi Hee An and Katheryn Pfisterer Darr
20.5—June, 2007
Christian Irony & the secrets of Kings & Gods
19.4—May, 2006
on the Liberal Protestant Bible Translation
19.4—May, 2006
The New Cambridge
Paragraph Bible
edited by David Norton
19.4—May, 2006
on the Fair Advantage of a Medieval Bible Translator
19.4—May, 2006
The Bible and Its Influence
Cullen Schippe and Chuck Stetson,
general editors
19.4—May, 2006
Sanctified Vision:
An Introduction to Early Christian Interpretation of the Bible
by John J. O'Keefe and R. R. Reno
19.3—April, 2006
Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages
by Jaroslav Pelikan
19.3—April, 2006
On the Meaning of Christ's Prayer & His Obedience in the Garden
13.4—May, 2000
14.1—January/February, 2001
14.4—May, 2001
14.4—May, 2001
14.4—May, 2001
The Ways We Find Faith: Intellect, Need & Interaction
14.6—July/August, 2001
The Bible, Protestantism,
and the Rise of Natural Science
by Peter Harrison
15.10—December, 2002
9.2—Spring, 1996
The Bible’s Narrative & Wisdom Traditions Are Combined in a Story of Romance
7.3—Summer, 1994
A Treasure from Scribes Old, Not New
The Orthodox Study Bible: New Testament and Psalms Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993.
7.2—Spring, 1994
7.1—Winter, 1994
A Stick Becomes the Staff of God
Reflections on Faithfulness in the Ordinary & the Routine
6.3—Summer, 1993
On Turning the Cheek & Giving the Cloak
5.3—Summer, 1992
Everything You Need to Know About Morality & the Bible
5.1—Winter, 1992
4.2—Special Issue: The Bible, 1991
Recovering the Spiritual Sense of the Scriptures
An Interview with Fr. Paul Quay, S.J.
4.2—Special Issue: The Bible, 1991
The Bible Under Spirit & Church
Some Light from the East for the Perplexed Inerrantist
4.2—Special Issue: The Bible, 1991
A Response to The Bible Under Spirit & Church
3.3—Fall, 1989
3.3—Fall, 1989
The Bible and Birth Control by Charles D. Provan
1.1—Fall, 1986
Forgotten Saint, Forgotten City
more from the online archives
31.1—January/February 2018
Getting Sex Wrong Is a Foundational Error by James M. Kushiner
30.2—March/April 2017
on Reading Don Quixote in Its Original Christian Context by Luis Cortest
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