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A group of us were discussing the resurrection when my friend Dorothy said, “The problem with Jesus is that he would not stay in his cage.” I hadn’t heard it put quite that way before, but she was right. He was dead—truly dead—and his body was sealed in a cave, blocked by a large stone… Read more

The news and our public discourse are filled with talk of enemies, real or imagined. There seems no end to the violence some are willing to rain down on them, as if those enemies were solely responsible for all their troubles and disappointments. Few would put it quite so plainly, but the underlying message is… Read more

Christians are about to enter Holy Week, the period between Palm Sunday and Good Friday when we prepare for the glorious celebration of Easter. It is a fitting time to set aside our egos and allow God’s Holy Spirit to fill that space with life-giving renewal and restoration. That is my introduction to a personal… Read more

Bret Stephens is a highly paid conservative columnist for The New York Times. His opinions I generally find tolerable and, at times, useful in sharpening my own thinking. But his column of March 25, 2026, is baffling. He argues that the war with Iran—measured against similar conflicts—is going just dandy: tactically precise, efficient, and mercifully… Read more

We had a long and thoughtful discussion recently about DEI—diversity, equity, and inclusion. What follows are my reflections, based more on experience than on any in-depth academic study. For all the enormous progress the United States has made over the past 150 years in addressing systemic racism, it still exists—perhaps in more subtle forms than… Read more

A guest essay in the March 13 edition of The Washington Post by Carl R. Trueman asserted that the future of Christianity is tied to a conservative evangelical interpretation of Scripture used to authenticate its position on issues of human sexuality. His principal concern was the position on transgender rights expressed by Texas Democratic Senate… Read more