I’ve always wanted to know more about how biblical scholar Ellen Davis envisions the notion of the “prophetic interpreter,” which she discusses at the beginning of her 2014 book Biblical Prophecy. She ...

If you were to visit Trinity United Church of Christ, a predominantly African-American congregation on the Chicago’s South Side, you would be warmly welcomed. You’d experience spirited singing that ...

When you address controversial issues today, you can irritate or influence, but not both. Sometimes God calls us to preach to our people a timely and important word—a word that is challenging and ...

WASHINGTON _ The outgoing pastor of Sen. Barack Obama’s black megachurch in Chicago has come under fire for sermons that some have called racist, offensive, even dangerous. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright ...

Those preparing for parish ministry are often reminded in the course of their seminary studies that as ministers we are expected to wear many hats. I have long seen the role of the parish minister to ...

On the Sunday in 2003 when Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. shouted “God damn America” from the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ, he defined damnation as God’s way of holding humanity accountable for ...

This is part two of a five-part essay by Immaculate Heart of Mary Sr. Sandra Schneiders on the meaning of religious life today. In this part Schneiders, professor of New Testament Studies and ...

Today, on the Sunday of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, we are also remembering a true confessor of the faith who lived during those very serious times in Russia. Archimandrite ...

Why the Exodus must remain central to the African American church. This is the last in a six-part series of essays from a cross section of leading scholars revisiting the place of the “First Testament ...

John Stocker doesn’t consider himself a prophet. During the Persian Gulf War, some people called him one. Reporters asked him for interviews and schools invited him to speak in their classes – all ...

In his Friday sermon today, Prophet’s Mosque Imam Sheikh Abdul Muhsin Al-Qasim advised Muslims to fear Allah and remain mindful of Him in both private and public spheres. Al-Qasim pointed out that ...