he has lavished her upon his friends. Today’s readings offer a selection from the Book of Sirach, part of the “wisdom literature” tradition, though not included in the Hebrew Bible nor the Bibles used ...

Last Sunday, we celebrated Pentecost which commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit. The feast reminds us that God is ever-present in our lives, hopefully informing and inspiring our actions. This ...

(RNS) — Bible societies are attempting to understand why, in a time when 90% of the world’s population has access to the Christian sacred text, relatively few consider it a foundation of their lives. ...

Recently the NPR program "Science Friday" featured a young biologist named Danielle Lee. In the course of talking about the excitement of her career, she commented that individual curiosity is the ...

Rene’ Stanley invites readers on heartfelt journey from knowledge to wisdom through Biblical insight, personal discovery, and daily experiences guided by faith. NEW ...

Editor’s note: On July 13, 1980 John Piper preached the following installation sermon at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. It speaks well to the current PreachingToday.com article theme of ...

You’ve undoubtedly heard of a gold rush. What you’ve never heard of is a gold maybe-later. Proverbs says that finding wisdom will make us richer than finding gold or silver but, truth be told, I’ve ...

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Jesus makes the great announcement of the Eucharist in today’s Gospel. The last few Sunday Gospels have led up to this announcement; next week’s Gospel will spell out the crowds’ reaction to it. But ...