1+ day, 46+ min ago   (395+ words) What is God like? Is he a harmless grandfatherly figure, comfortably reclining on a cloud? A bohemian shouting about love (or wrath) through a megaphone on a street corner? An enigmatic entity who wound up the universe like a clock…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (120+ words) A LICHFIELD councillor has published a “radical” book on Christian belief and practice. Cllr Rev Jeyan Anketell’s new work – Christianity Unchained – was published on 14th August. The former science teacher at Chasetown High School is also a self-supporting priest at St…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (56+ words) On March 7, 2014, Brian Simmons spoke at Harvest Time Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Greenwich, Connecticut. He encouraged the crowd to follow God’s will, regardless of their own human qualifications. He gave examples of biblical heroes who had been…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1714+ words) Brian Simmons’ popular Bible version has endured allegations of inaccuracy and plagiarism for years. The latest controversy may finally be too much. On March 7, 2014, Brian Simmons spoke at Harvest Time Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Greenwich, Connecticut. He…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (179+ words) A man was getting a haircut at the local barber shop and learned that his barber didn’t believe in God. So he asked his barber why, and the barber said there was no way a God would create so many…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (210+ words) If Scripture can portray genocide as God's will, why should anyone trust its portrait of God? However, the Protestant Reformers generally moved in the opposite direction. Despite his expressed moral reservations, John Calvin accepted the conquest narratives as a unique…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (49+ words) You have crowned the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with a rich harvest; The untilled meadows overflow with it, and rejoicing clothes the hills....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (70+ words) Germán S. Díaz del Castillo is associate editor at First Things. Virginia Aabram is newsletter editor at First Things. Who is Jason Arday? Until last week, the man at the center of the biggest recent scandal… In his breakout 2000 memoir,…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (574+ words) As the High Holidays approach, a cultural shift has transformed traditional penitential prayers into stadium concerts, while many Jews struggle with the authenticity of their apologies During the Hebrew month of Elul, the Hebrew word "selicha" (forgiveness) appears more frequently…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (86+ words) Daniel Fitzpatrick, Word on Fire on Thursday, August 13, 2026 If the final purpose of education is to lead the human person out of the bondage of ignorance and sin into the illumination of intellect and freedom of will found in communion…...