The word “presence” should really be in the title of any book about biblical theology. Scripture is a historical and theological narrative about God’s presence among humanity. For example, last Sunday ...

I had an evening flight the day that I moved from Boston to Chicago, and friends took me to dinner at IHOP before I departed. These were “recovery friends,” people I had gotten to know through ...

François Turretin (1623-1687) was a Reformed Protestant theologian and was generally considered to be the best Calvinist apologist besides John Calvin himself. In his primary work, Institutes of ...

“न तीर्थं न नदी पुण्या न देवालयमुत्तमम्। यत्र साक्षात् हरिः सन्निहितो नित्यं स देशः सनातनः।” That land is eternal where the Divine presence is felt at all times. Ask a priest in Haridwar and a scholar ...

(that day school and synagogue are paying off) and a terrifying moment. I needed to provide an answer that was honest, but one they could grasp. A theological treatise from Rabbi Heschel was not going ...

A surprising psalm changed my view on God’s presence during seasons of trial. In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage in their area of expertise that has been formational ...

There are moments in life when the ordinary feels touched by something gentler, quieter, almost impossibly intentional. A delay that protects you. A thought that arrives before a mistake. A stranger’s ...