Featured Spiritual Topics

Free speech. Free thought. Free religion.

A lot of people are thinking about these things. What does the Bible have to say about them?

Freedom or Free will

Freedom -- what is it really? As far as we can tell, our level of freedom is pretty new, at least in this neck of the cosmos.

The force is with you...

Could there really be a force that pulls us out of the swamp?

Science and Religion: Conflict or not?

Does 21st century science have everything figured out? Uh, no. How about 21st century religion. No. So... there's room for growth! ...

A Ransom for Many - What can that mean?

Some of the old ways of thinking about this are... wrong!

Outbound Love

It's nice to be loved. What about the reverse?

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Featured Stories

Take off your shoes!

When Joshua had led the Children of Israel into the land of Canaan, an angel appeared to him, telling him to take off his shoes because he was on holy ground. A similar thing had happened to Moses 40 years earlier. Take off your shoes...

Jesus Walks on Water

This is one of the Bible’s best-loved stories, and it’s not hard to see why. It’s easy for us to visualize the disciples struggling to get their small ship across the stormy Sea of Galilee, and their astonishment when Jesus comes to them, strolling atop the waves as if the water was a Roman road.

The Beatitudes

The opening phrases of the Sermon on the Mount hold some of the Bible’s most beautiful and best-loved poetry. It's inspiring, and yet not clear... what does it mean for us?

The Battle of Jericho

The Battle of Jericho is a great story... and a horrifying one. Why would God want children to be slaughtered? The answer is that He didn't, but did have spiritual lessons to teach us.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

In this story, on the Monday after Palm Sunday, Jesus re-enters Jerusalem, goes to the temple, and drives out the moneychangers and people who were selling animals for sacrifices. He overturns tables, and takes a whip, and uses it to clean out the temple. So, what's this story about for us?

Ahab does not like the pattern

King Ahab is almost a comical figure in his complaining about the bad news he always hears from a prophet of the Lord. Amazingly, he seems completely unaware of the fact that he is personally responsible for the evil prophecy that always comes his way.

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