Author's note: Context plays an important role in how the term "queer" is employed here. This word has a history of being used as a slur and could offend some people. However, as language evolves, ...

When “Horton Hears a Who,” is there a sermon to be heard? What about “The Cat in the Hat” and “The Lorax”? Are those characters metaphors for Christ? And “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” — if you’ll only ...

New River Valley theologian and pastor Andrew Taylor-Troutman explores the stories of Jesus and his own experience as a father in “Parables of Parenthood: Interpreting the Gospels with Family.” ...

In a previous post on this blog, I asked people for their comments on their favorite book of the Bible. I received thought provoking responses, with readers choosing the Gospel of John, the Gospel of ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...