Modern Christians are at a disadvantage when it comes to reading our own Scriptures and appreciating the nuances therein, since we’re many centuries removed from the culture and times in which the ...

LYNDALL BERGER, at sixteen, wrote to her parents for permission to be confirmed. “Are you mad?” Sidney’s gaze was a pair of outspread arms, stopping his wife short whichever way she might turn. “Well, ...

“Is that wedding music I hear” was the opening line of a Top 40 gospel song a few years ago. “There’s a heavenly preparation for the celebration …,” the song goes on, adding that “The bride is adorned ...

If the church is the bride of Christ, then Jesus is married to both Rachel and Leah—to the church he wants and to the church he has to take. Rachel is the wife he loves and thought he was getting, but ...

Lauren Rutowitz and Samuel Thomas Mueller were married Oct. 15, 2005, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Norcross, Ga. Dr. Dave Koppel performed the ceremony. Scriptures were read by the Rev. Adam ...

Modern Christians are at a disadvantage when it comes to reading the Scriptures and appreciating the nuances therein. Once again — as in his previous book, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist ...