“If the Reformers had taken Ephesians rather than Galatians and Romans as their main set texts, the entire course of Western history might have been different.” - N. T. Wright What gives the epistle to the Ephesians such power? One clue is found in Eph. 1:9-10, which describes God's ultimate plan for the entire universe, as Christ "recapitulates" all things, bringing unity to things in heaven and things on earth within himself.

What do we do when we feel like we don't belong? Drawing from Romans 15, we're exploring alienation and belonging, asking how it can be possible to accept one another just as Christ has accepted us.

Guilt gets a bad rap but still manages to show up everywhere from debates about "critical race theory" to sitcoms like 30 Rock. Can the Psalms help us make sense of our guilt?

Is joy something that happens to us, or something we can choose?

Throughout Scripture, the people of God are repeatedly encouraged to "Fear not!" If fear is part of our emotional makeup, how does this exhortation make sense?

Anger is one way our bodies and our brains tell us that something is standing between us and our goals. How should we respond when we feel angry?

Emotions are an integral part of what it means to be human—complex creatures made in the likeness and image of God. Through the rich poetry of the Psalms, we discover the power of bringing our full selves before God and not shying away from our own emotions.

What difference does it make if we approach Jesus by way of Paul or by way of Moses? Pastor Jon explores the Exodus story as a way to understand salvation as liberation.

African Americans' respect for the authority of the Christian Scriptures is a miracle in itself. That's how professors Emerson B. Powery and Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. begin their exploration of enslaved and formerly enslaved people's engagement with the Bible during the pre-war period. What can their example teach people today about the faithfulness of God?

Have you ever noticed just how weird the Bible is? What if the unsettling nature of the Bible isn't a problem to be solved but a gift to be embraced? Perhaps something fruitful can emerge from a honest engagement with how unsettling we find the Bible.