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Law in the New Testament

Jesus’ Concept of the Law in the New Testament

Editor’s note: Some language in this article was revised on 10/28/21 to address concerns that the original version (published 10/20/21)…

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Expressive Individualism: Our Twenty-First Century American Ba’al

Expressive Individualism is perhaps the reigning secular ideology in the U.S. today. Scripture can help us avoid falling prey to it.

Part of the American Religion vs. the Bible series

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Ecclesiastes Illuminates the Secret of Joy in a Dark World

Ecclesiastes delivers a message of joy into our lives in a world storm-tossed by vanities.

Wisdom of Proverbs

Work, Reward, and the Wisdom of Proverbs in a Complicated World

The wisdom of Proverbs doesn’t lie in each isolated assertion and observation, but in the complex relations among them.

Hebraic thought in modern psychology

Modern Psychology Was Built on Greek Ideas—but It Needs Hebraic Ones

An interview with psychologist Dr. Kalman Kaplan

Moses holding the tablets

Which Ten? How We Number the Ten Commandments Matters

There are at least three places in the Ten Commandments where punctuation needs to be clarified with important implications for interpretation.

Bible on a shelf with literature

The Bible as God’s Word—and Also as Great Literature

The Bible as literature transcends religious creeds while still being the unique, authoritative Word of God.

Part of the False Dichotomies in the Church series

Reason vs. Revelation

‘Revelation’: Another Name for How God Reasons with Us

Biblical revelation from God involves a kind of reasoning; it is reason at its most powerful and productive.

Part of the False Dichotomies in the Church series

A woman in jail

Biblical Law and the Scandal of Mass Imprisonment

In an era of mass imprisonment, biblical law could transform our idea of just punishment. It might even revolutionize our penal system.

Cedars in Israel

Before Plato, Jotham Extolled the ‘Reluctant Ruler’

Centuries before Plato wrote that the best rulers are reluctant ones, Jotham in the book of Judges told a fable arguing the same.