Today’s chapter is Luke 16. In this chapter we have the story – not the parable – of the rich man and Lazarus. If you read through the Gospels, when Jesus spoke in parables there weren’t names given ...

One of the strengths of my Anabaptist tradition is that it takes the Bible and biblical authority seriously but also expects believers, particularly younger people, to argue and raise questions about ...

What do we know if anything about Luke? Traditions report that Luke was a companion of Paul, a physician and therefore someone learned in Hellenistic literary and scientific culture. All of those are ...

Are you kidding me? In these days of Enron, Martha Stewart and wars waged over phantom weapons, we know better than to defend dishonesty. Then why would Jesus offer a parable lauding it? Upon closer ...