We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises. Late in the fourth century, a man named Palladius of Galatia left his home (somewhere in ...

Within the forty-six books of the Old Testament, there is contained the endearing Book of Psalms. The book is really more of an anthology of prayers of God’s people that were either collected or ...

There's nothing better in this world than a good book, at least if you ask me. Vacations and new destinations are peppered with local indie bookstore trips. My house features four overflowing ...

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Handwritten annotations in the Tudor king’s psalter show how he looked to scripture to justify his break from Rome and the annulment of his first marriage V.M. Braganza - Historian, Harvard University ...

In generous and flowing prose, Philip Jenkins of Baylor University offers an inviting, nontechnical reading of Psalm 91 that is best described as a biography of the psalm. Focused on its reception ...

Over the centuries, perhaps no volume of poetry has claimed the devotion of so many people across the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and also inspired the creation of artistic ...

One of my seminary teachers once said that if you can’t think of anything original to preach, you should tell Bible stories—they have enough power to turn people’s hearts toward God. This may not work ...