In my younger, decidedly anti-Christian days, I did not like the way Christians asked God for mercy. It reinforced my idea that “the Christian God” was cruel and punishing. After all, if God was a ...

As the Season of Lent rushes toward inevitability, scripture calls us to play the old game of Truth or Consequences—no, not the game show from the 1960s, but the old-time religion game of suffering ...

Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, New Series / Nouvelle Série, Vol. 20, No. 3 (SUMMER / ÉTÉ 1996), pp. 23-40 (18 pages) John Donne as preacher invokes the "Protestant paradigm of ...

Psalms 51:12 says, “Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me with Thy free spirit.” I believe many today all across America have lost their joy in the midst of this pandemic. The good ...

There is something close and personal in the reading of Psalm 51. These are confessional words David wrote after committing the terrible sins of adultery and murder. In verse two David writes, “Wash ...