Within Christian circles it is quite common for someone to say that a verse of scripture has had a special meaning for them, or even has caused a life-changing moment. Yet one book of the Bible ...

LATELY a grieving son of the Dispersion has come among you writing thoughts which may deceive your understanding because of the yearning in his heart and the manifest sincerity of his speech. He bids ...

(RNS) — The evangelical New Testament scholar says we need to hear Paul tell us to treat one another as siblings and tolerate one another in our differences. (RNS) — Paul’s letter to the Romans is the ...

Paul’s letter to the Romans is the pinnacle of the apostle’s theology — a dense, rich text that biblical studies experts have been poring over for centuries. But I’m willing to bet that few of those ...

Every week—in addition to counseling sessions, hospital visits, staff meetings, and budget reviews—pastors are expected to design a sermon that engages scripture with theology for a congregation with ...

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is [also] a minister of the church at Cenchreae, that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the holy ones, and help her in whatever she may need ...

(RNS) — On Saturday (Sept. 3), 56 pilgrims from four countries will gather in Mexico City to celebrate St. Phoebe’s feast day and consider how they might urge the church to reclaim the diaconate for ...

In “God’s Ghostwriters,” the historian Candida Moss explores the many people who penned the Scriptures. By Timothy Farrington Timothy Farrington is a former editor at Harper’s Magazine and The Wall ...

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” writes the apostle Paul in his Letter to the Romans (3:23, NRSV).

Written some 2000 years ago, Paul's Letter to the Romans, as its name suggests, addresses the situation and concerns of first century Romans. And yet, this letter from Paul, like all of Scripture, is ...