After years of trying to live the empowered life by casting off all constraint concerning bodily intimacy, one author recently lamented, “The saddest realization is how low I set the bar.” What came to be widely considered puritanical, impossible, or...

Following the killing of tens of millions in WWII, the United Nations, under the strong influence of a Lebane Christian named Dr Charles Habib Malik, formulated what came to be known as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Something had to be...

Whether we are endeared to our parents or estranged from them, their influence or impact on us–even in their absence–is beyond measure. The first of the commandments related to loving others, the fifth commandment is about the honor of parents. And as...

Collectively we spend billions each year trying to find that coveted but elusive thing called rest. At the same time we spend countless hours laboring, not only to make ends meet, but to find some deep kind of satisfaction–something like a deep inner...

The third commandment might sound like God wants us to stay away from four-letter words. What is God getting at? While there are scriptures about avoiding crass language, it turns out this isn’t one of them. Ultimately, it’s about God’s concern for...

When monuments to Martin Luther King, Jr were unveiled several years ago in Washington, D.C., many rejoiced at the majestic representations of the celebrated Civil Rights leader. Others who knew him well tended to be disappointed in how those...

They’re far from being a mere set of rules. It’s better to think of the Ten Commandments as if vows spoken between spouses as personal commitments for the sake of finding all that marriage means and offers. Like such promises, faithfulness to the...

The fame of enduring composers is usually tied to some distinct musical signature they employ–a feature or style of their work that makes their music memorable and cherished. One feature of many such composers is the use of “leitmotif”: using a...

In our cultural moment, we tend to divorce justice and mercy—never the twain shall meet. But then we end up missing the fullness of both. In Naboth’s vineyard we discover a God who demonstrates sure justice and shocking mercy, an echo of Jesus and the...

Why does the author of 1 Kings spill so much ink on the person of Ahab? For that matter, why does God spend so much time dealing with him–rather than simply…be done with him, given his clear indifference to the covenant and command of God? The answers...