The Rich Man, Lazarus, and Me

August 23, 2025.Reading time 5 minutes.

By Sarah Levesque Losardo … In the Bible, the rich man seemingly ignored the poor, destitute, starving man at his door. Perhaps he thought himself generous for letting Lazarus even stay there. Or perhaps that is where Lazarus collapsed of hunger. In any case, I find four points of this story particularly interesting.

How To Interpret the Bible

July 30, 2024.Reading time 4 minutes.

By Ian Wilson (G) To begin to interpret the Bible, we must first read and understand it on it’s own terms. We cannot bring our modern, Westernized sensibilities to the text. We cannot bring to the text a meaning which the authors did not intend. We cannot bring modern, textual criticism to the text, the way we […]

Shut up, Jesus!

June 18, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

By Ian Wilson I frequently see this sentiment expressed that we, as Christians, should “follow Jesus, not just the Bible” or that we should “unhitch ourselves from the Old Testament” or even that we “follow Jesus, not Paul”. In Roman Catholic or Orthodox circles, I hear it expressed as “Jesus established a church, not a […]

Snakes in the Garden

May 29, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

photo by Jan Kopriva on Unsplashed As I’m sure we all know by now, Adam and Eve did not continue on in perfection and bliss forever; they fell. What (or who) caused them to fall? Why did they eat from the tree? And who exactly was the Serpent? Now the serpent was more subtle than […]

The Acts of Sir Galahad

April 15, 2023.Reading time 15 minutes.

By Ruth Anne Amsden
… But I will argue that Malory drew upon a third source of inspiration for his Arthurian legend, and that is the book of the Acts of the Apostles, attributed to Luke, the beloved physician. By drawing upon Biblical writings for inspiration as well as legend, Malory created a work of Biblical fan fiction.

Lady Judith

February 22, 2020.Reading time 62 minutes.

“Lady Judith! Lord Uzziah’s gonna surrender in five days! What’s gonna happen then? Will they raze the city?” My real question was “what will they do to me?” but I didn’t ask it. How would they know that I’m just a slave girl who had no part in it?

It’s All Greek to Me

January 9, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

What scriptures belong in the Bible? Why is the Protestant canon smaller than the Catholic canon? This article is an attempt to answer, or at least discuss these questions.