“What does it mean to be a prophet?” This is the challenge preachers must wrestle with and present to their congregations over and over, says Luke Timothy Johnson, a renowned Scripture scholar, ...

A Protestant considers a Catholic theologian’s call for an “ecclesial” reading of Scripture. On November 10, 1942, following a British victory in Egypt during World War II, Winston Churchill famously ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.35139522.3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.35139522.3 A tension exists in American versions of Christianity: What does it mean to be ...

For pastors used to more topical preaching, research confirms what you’re sensing—people crave biblical depth, and fall gives you the consistency to deliver it. This feature is only available to ...

The sacrosanct Scripture reflection spreadsheet is circulated among staff members at America. Our associate editor, Molly Cahill, has posted the schedule for reflections, with each staff member being ...

Try to teach a child the story of Noah and one quickly faces a conundrum: how much focus to give God’s mass, watery slaughter of all but the biblical prophet’s family? Or, when telling the story of ...