Here is a biblical and churchly spirituality so needed today as an alternative to the new age nostrums that crowd the mall bookstore shelves.

And God 'sits in the heavens and laughs' at the proud who pretend to be more than they are.

Grace is power as well as pardon.

The Christian Theology Reader brings the best primary sources to the theological inquirer.

A big 'thank you' to George Demetrion for helping readers see that the center does hold. A wise and winsome work.

By faith we receive the saving grace of God that delivers us from guilt and sin. In love we participate in the victorious struggle of God against the principalities and powers of evil.

The first gang members who joined the military were known as the Hounds, a group of former New York gang members.

To point out nonepistemic motives in another’s view of the world, therefore, is always a criticism, as it serves to cast doubt upon a person’s connection to the world as it is.

Words can be said easily, but one can't fake actions.

Togetherness is beating up an empty elevator.

They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.

Put on your big girl pants and deal.

I carry the landscape inside me like an ache. The story of who I am cannot be severed from the story of the flatwoods.

You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.

At the same time, there's something magnificent about volcanoes; they created the atmosphere that we need for breathing.

The prayer does call for serious, serious punishment on people. But I didn't call for that, God did.