It can be hard to tell the truth Sometimes no one wants to hear it either because people have already determined a path they feel is more advantageous to them or they are more comfortable ignoring it Sometimes we are all those people For those who read Flannery O rsquo Connor the shocking real

People of faith find themselves often perhaps daily tottering on the precipice of disillusion swaying from their own questions wondering if they have been suckered by some mug rsquo s game that tells them to be satisfied with God rsquo s promises instead of the cold hard reality of this world r

The Preacher Qoheleth says that ldquo all things are vanity rdquo His intent is not I think to be cynical though Qoheleth can provoke this among the world-weary His wisdom is rather the product of a hard-boiled realism which knows the truth of desires and ambitions that often consume us H

In every age evil takes on a new name and a new face Auschwitz sexual abuse Sodom human trafficking The personification of God in the Old Testament takes many forms but goodness remains the same and unchanged God who loves us and desires relationship with us In Genesis 18 God is presented

There is something charming about the account of Abraham serving the three men who suddenly appear at the oaks of Mamre It is not simply that Abraham offers unbidden hospitality and service or that they respond to his offer of food with a simple ldquo Do as you have said rdquo but that along w

The Christian relationship to the law of Moses is complicated particularly in light of what the Apostle Paul said about the law in his letters But Paul understood that the law rsquo s origin lay with God and that it was not insignificant but rather was fulfilled through Christ Jesus ldquo the ima