Christians in the early centuries forbade the death penalty. The earliest church prohibited Christians from participating in capital punishment, as is evident from the following
Parenting provides daily opportunities to mature as a Christian. One Saturday I made doughnuts. They were drying on the newspaper—five rows of perfectly round, crisp
A reflection on Exodus 1:8-2:10 and Matthew 2:1-12 In Matthew’s Gospel, the visit of the Wise men begins like a romantic quest. Astrological speculators wonder
The revolutionary story in Matthew 1:1-17 Like many Bible readers, I used to skip the genealogies because I thought they were boring and insignificant to