Calvin's basic idea about human nature is that it is innately religious and that mankind is in rebellion against its creator Calvin's overarching theological theme, that true wisdom consists in the ...

Our hearts and souls can’t fulfill the Great Commandment without our minds. Jesus was once asked to identify the greatest and most important thing for followers of God to do (Matt. 22:36–37). His ...

The Torah verses convey profound messages that we can insightfully extract for our daily lives. Rabbi Shay Tahan, the Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra in Brooklyn, NY, graciously opens the gates to unders ...

While putting together a book of readings recently, I ran across some old questions that have occupied scholars, theologians, believers, and probably even atheists over the centuries. Do we have a ...

as all humans are made in God’s image, they have an inbuilt capacity and desire to know God, including: human openness to beauty and goodness as aspects of God human intellectual ability to reflect on ...

Most of us are failing to appropriate what God has already made available to us because of ignorance. “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, ...

It’s been my habit for more years than I can remember to read the Bible in a Year, with Zoe, in the morning. We follow various plans and just a few months back I was excited when we came round to ...

I once attended a seminar on “vocation” delivered by a Benedictine monk. He recounted how, if someone bounced up to him with a beaming smile and declared, “I am convinced God has called me to be a ...