Matt Smethurst has written a clear and concise book on Tim Keller, who died two years ago today. Its title— Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the Gospel —summarizes ...

The parable we heard this Fourth Sunday of Lent is one of Jesus’ best. It can be interpreted from the perspective of each of the three main characters. Traditionally it is known as the parable “of the ...

Summary of the Prodigal Son Parable The parable begins by introducing three characters: a father and his two sons. To summarize the tale, the youngest of the two sons demands his share of his father’s ...

KAISER'S LITTLE SERMON; William Addresses Two of His Sons on Their Confirmation. Hints at His Own Religious Experiences and Says Work Is Kernel of the Christian Life. Oct. 19, 1903 The New York ...

Marilynne Robinson is a novelist and essayist. Her novels include “Gilead,” the winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and, most recently, “Jack.” She lives in California.

James Wood reviews “Reading Genesis,” by Marilynne Robinson, the novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Gilead” and “Housekeeping.” ...

After her husband’s death in 936, two of her sons, Henry and Emperor Otto I, criticized her generosity. In 967, a fever she had grew worse, and she died in 968. At the end of her life, the only ...

The lectionary gospel reading for the Second Sunday before Advent as we approach the end of Year A is the so-called Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25.14–30. The most popular interpretation of this ...

-- Matthew 21:28-30 Jesus’ parable of the two sons invites us to reflect upon our yeas and our nays. Ambivalence is a part of each of our lives. Ambi is a Latin prefix which means both.