Editor’s note: Columns in the Faith section reflect opinions and perspectives of the writer and are not necessarily those of The Republic. A friend recently asked me why God in the Old Testament (the ...

"Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its places of assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night. Indeed, over all the glory there will ...

For more than a month now, I’ve been leading the adult education class of my wee kirk in a long, careful reading through the Psalms, those ancient spiritual songs of the Hebrew people. Though we ...

The Hebrew Scriptures place internal struggles on full display—and teach us a lot about spiritual practice. I had quiet times before I knew they were a requirement for Christian living, and during ...

In theory, I am committed to preaching the Old Testament. I generally feel exercised about how little the Old Testament is proclaimed in churches, how rarely it is preached, how many Christians act as ...

First of all, the Old Testament God and the New Testament God are the same. God’s being and innate character and nature are unchangeable. “For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob ...

God promised Abraham many offspring. By human logic, that was incredible. But Abraham gave it credence. Yet Abraham and Sarah also decided to take matters into their own hands and “help God along” on ...

How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence Fortress "All my life I’ve tried to believe God was as beautiful ...