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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
36.3—May/Jun, 2023
The Sweetness of Scripture Is Not Just for Beekeeping Monks
36.3—May/Jun, 2023
36.2—Mar/Apr, 2023
on a New Take on Romans 1 Well Worth Skipping
36.2—Mar/Apr, 2023
36.1—Jan/Feb, 2023
35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022
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”
35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022
35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022
35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022
Encouragement for Christians Preparing for the End
35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022
on a Biblical Lesson from the Horse's Mouth
35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022
The Chosen's Less-than-Awesome Cinematic Christ
35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022
35.3—May/Jun, 2022
35.1—January/February, 2022
Milton's Satan & the Confusion of the Mind
34.4—July/August, 2021
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
34.3—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
on the Gospel According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton
34.1—January/February, 2021
Children, Marital Intimacy & Divine Desire
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
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
33.1—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
on Preserving Physical & Spiritual Nourishment
32.2—March/April, 2019
32.2—March/April, 2019
32.2—March/April, 2019
The Spiritual & Sacramental Choir of the Body of Christ
31.6—November/December, 2018
31.5—September/October, 2018
on Jewish Liturgy & Deeper Christian Exegesis
31.4—July/August, 2018
His Thoughts Are Not Our Thoughts, Nor His Words
31.4—July/August, 2018
on the Brevity & Theology of Her Recorded Words
31.4—July/August, 2018
31.3—May/June, 2018
31.3—May/June, 2018
31.3—May/June, 2018
on Christ's Commandments & True Discipleship
31.2—March/April, 2018
31.2—March/April, 2018
31.1—January/February, 2018
on Augustine & Refusing to Grieve As Others Do
31.1—January/February, 2018
30.6—Nov/Dec, 2017
30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017
30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017
30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017
on the Importance of Narrative in Christian Formation
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 Bible in English: Its History and Influence by David Daniell
24.3—May/June, 2011
The Making & Endurance of the King James Bible, 1611-2011
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
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
19.4—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
19.3—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
The Ways We Find Faith: Intellect, Need & Interaction
14.4—May, 2001
14.4—May, 2001
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
A Response to The Bible Under Spirit & Church
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
3.3—Fall, 1989
The Bible and Birth Control by Charles D. Provan
3.3—Fall, 1989
1.1—Fall, 1986
Forgotten Saint, Forgotten City
more from the online archives
32.2—March/April 2019
Flight from the Absolute: Cynical Observations on the Postmodern West, Volume II by Paul Gosselin by Louis Markos
27.5—Sept/Oct 2014
on Growing Vegetables as a Primer in Moral Philosophy by Rachel Lu
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