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37.5—Sept/Oct, 2024

The Scriptures’ Greek Nuance

by Patrick Henry Reardon

37.1—Jan/Feb, 2024

Pilate’s Heirs

Rulers Ancient & Modern Who Kill the Innocent for Peace & Security

by James M. Kushiner

36.6—Nov/Dec, 2023

The Angel & the Ass

on the Sanctified Censorship of Balaam

by Patrick Henry Reardon

36.5—Sept/Oct, 2023

Over to Europe

by Patrick Henry Reardon

36.5—Sept/Oct, 2023

Keys of the King

by Donald T. Williams

36.3—May/Jun, 2023

Sabbath Grain

by Patrick Henry Reardon

36.3—May/Jun, 2023

O Taste & See!

The Sweetness of Scripture Is Not Just for Beekeeping Monks

by Hans Boersma

36.3—May/Jun, 2023

Grasping the Incarnation

by Donald T. Williams

36.2—Mar/Apr, 2023

Royal Failure

by Donald T. Williams

36.2—Mar/Apr, 2023

Queer Comments

on a New Take on Romans 1 Well Worth Skipping

by Ray Van Neste

36.1—Jan/Feb, 2023

Assessing Jotham

by Patrick Henry Reardon

35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022

Of Sages & Prophets

The Grammar of Wisdom & the Rhetoric of Prophecy

by Patrick Henry Reardon

35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022

Clever Little Analysts

“We Don't Torment Jesus. We Only Question Him”

by S. M. Hutchens

35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022

Dominical Dialectics

by Patrick Henry Reardon

35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022

Ichabod

by Patrick Henry Reardon

35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022

When Worlds Die

Encouragement for Christians Preparing for the End

by Peter J. Leithart

35.5—Sept/Oct, 2022

The Acts of Jesus

by Donald T. Williams

35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022

A Bit of Wisdom

on a Biblical Lesson from the Horse's Mouth

by Patrick Henry Reardon

35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022

A Palatable Messiah

The Chosen's Less-than-Awesome Cinematic Christ

by Kateri Kuplic

35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022

Truth Remembered

by Patrick Henry Reardon

35.3—May/Jun, 2022

Twice as Good

by Patrick Henry Reardon

35.1—January/February, 2022

A Liar & the Father of Lies

Milton's Satan & the Confusion of the Mind

by Anthony Esolen

34.4—July/August, 2021

The Complete Apologist

Four Essentials Every Christian Is Called to Embrace

by Donald T. Williams

34.4—July/August, 2021

The Old Testaments

on the Canonicity of the Greek & Hebrew Texts

by Patrick Henry Reardon

34.4—July/August, 2021

Loving Others: Two Formulas

by Patrick Henry Reardon

34.3—May/June, 2021

The First Priest

by Patrick Henry Reardon

34.3—May/June, 2021

Esther's Dilemma

Her Wise Strategy in Response to Slavery, Racial Hatred & Genocide

by Stephen Noll

34.2—March/April, 2021

Doors into the Psalms

by Patrick Henry Reardon

34.2—March/April, 2021

A Danger for Every Wealth

by S. M. Hutchens

34.1—January/February, 2021

The Gift of Samuel

Children, Marital Intimacy & Divine Desire

by Andy Hearn

34.1—January/February, 2021

The First-Wave Bible

on the Gospel According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton

by Rebekah Curtis

33.5—September/October, 2020

Complexity & Judgment

by S. M. Hutchens

33.5—September/October, 2020

Two Views of Persia

by Patrick Henry Reardon

33.4—July/August, 2020

From Morals to Mystery

by Patrick Henry Reardon

33.3—May/June, 2020

The Fog of Love

Sin Covers a Multitude of Loves

by Anthony Esolen

33.2—March/April, 2020

High Praise & Mercy

by Anthony Esolen

33.2—March/April, 2020

How It Happens

Easy Descent on an Unguarded Road

by S. M. Hutchens

33.2—March/April, 2020

Glory to Be Revealed

on How Bodily Resurrection Informs Social Justice

by W. Ross Blackburn

33.2—March/April, 2020

Chasing Wisdom

The True Ways of Knowing in Ecclesiastes

by Douglas Groothuis

33.1—January/February, 2020

Scriptural Clarity

by Donald T. Williams

33.1—January/February, 2020

The Age of Samson

by Patrick Henry Reardon

33.1—January/February, 2020

The Mark of Mark

by Donald T. Williams

33.1—January/February, 2020

The Heart of the Bible

by Donald T. Williams

32.5—September/October, 2019

Peter's Sword

by Patrick Henry Reardon

32.4—July/August, 2019

The Monotheism of the Gospel

by Patrick Henry Reardon

32.4—July/August, 2019

Image- Bearers for God

Does Biblical Language for Man Matter?

by Stephen F. Noll

32.3—May/June, 2019

Editing Jesus

on the Implications of Changing the Pater Noster

by John M. McCarthy

32.3—May/June, 2019

Anointed to Fulfill

by Patrick Henry Reardon

32.2—March/April, 2019

That Hideous Food

on Preserving Physical & Spiritual Nourishment

by Nathanael Devlin

32.2—March/April, 2019

Ashes & Idolatry

by Patrick Henry Reardon

32.2—March/April, 2019

Raised as Promised

by Donald T. Williams

32.2—March/April, 2019

Voices Uplifted

The Spiritual & Sacramental Choir of the Body of Christ

by Christopher Hoyt

31.6—November/December, 2018

The Wretched Man

by Patrick Henry Reardon

31.5—September/October, 2018

Ecclesiastes' Son

on Jewish Liturgy & Deeper Christian Exegesis

by Andrew Kuiper

31.4—July/August, 2018

Listening to Eve

on the Brevity & Theology of Her Recorded Words

by Judith Anderson

31.4—July/August, 2018

Transforming Faith

by Patrick Henry Reardon

31.4—July/August, 2018

Poet of Heaven & Earth

His Thoughts Are Not Our Thoughts, Nor His Words

by David Lyle Jeffrey

31.3—May/June, 2018

Without a Prophet

by Patrick Henry Reardon

31.3—May/June, 2018

The Great Omission

on Christ's Commandments & True Discipleship

by D. Eric Schansberg

31.3—May/June, 2018

Go Figure

by Patrick Henry Reardon

31.2—March/April, 2018

War on Two Fronts

by S. M. Hutchens

31.2—March/April, 2018

A Sacrifice of Song

by Peter J. Leithart

31.1—January/February, 2018

The Tears of Jesus

on Augustine & Refusing to Grieve As Others Do

by Kevin Raedy

31.1—January/February, 2018

The World of Paul's Mind

by Patrick Henry Reardon

30.6—Nov/Dec, 2017

Tempted from Above

by Patrick Henry Reardon

30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017

Polar Composites

by S. M. Hutchens

30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017

The Upper Stories

on the Importance of Narrative in Christian Formation

by Tara L. Jernigan

30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017

Apostolic Delivery

by Donald T. Williams

30.4—July/Aug, 2017

Backstage Diety

by Donald T. Williams

30.4—July/Aug, 2017

Theophany & Theodicy

When the Inevitable Questions of Suffering Confront the Living God

by Colin B. Johnstone

30.4—July/Aug, 2017

Beauty & the Vice

by Peter J. Leithart

30.3—May/June, 2017

The Look of Revelation

Christian Formation in Our Apocalyptic Age

by Peter J. Leithart

30.1—Jan/Feb, 2017

Pilgrim's Finale?

The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible by A. N. Wilson

by Timothy Larsen

28.4—July/Aug, 2015

Familiar Characters

on Lessons from a Bible Study in China

by Daniel Ricci

27.4—July/August, 2014

The Things Freely Given

The Bible, Sacred Theology & the Mind of Christ

by Patrick Henry Reardon

27.3—May/June, 2014

The Essential Ascension

by Patrick Henry Reardon

27.2—March/April, 2014

The Chosen Book

on Reading the Hebrew Bible as Philosophy

by Patrick Henry Reardon

26.5—Sept/Oct, 2013

God Save the Queen

A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians by Timothy Larson

by Louis Markos

26.4—July/August, 2013

Amos into Scripture

by Patrick Henry Reardon

26.4—July/August, 2013

On the Road to Paul

on Why the Apostle to the Gentiles Changed His Name

by Patrick Henry Reardon

26.3—May/June, 2013

Our Quiet Lord

Pentecost and the Voice on the Mountain: The Silence of Holiness

by Anthony Esolen

26.3—May/June, 2013

Paul's Apology

by Patrick Henry Reardon

26.2—Mar/Apr, 2013

No Dead Man's Prayer

on the Suffering of Faith & the Paradox of Psalm 88

by Stephen Muse

25.4—July/August, 2012

Scripture in the Age of Google

The Digital Bible & How We Can Read It

by Robin Phillips

25.2—March/April, 2012

Our Babel of Bibles

Scripture, Translation & the Possibility of Spiritual Understanding

by David Lyle Jeffrey

24.6—Nov/Dec, 2011

Prodigal Cant

The Lord's Truth & the Casualty of Politics

by Anthony Esolen

24.4—July/August, 2011

Mardi Gras For All

on Growing Up Baptist Among Bible Belt Catholics

by Russell D. Moore

24.3—May/June, 2011

God's English

The Making & Endurance of the King James Bible, 1611-2011

by Barton Swaim

24.3—May/June, 2011

Ploughboy's Book

The Bible in English: Its History and Influence by David Daniell

by Janice Horton

23.2—March/April, 2010

Job’s Progress

on Maturity for a Rising Generation

by Peter J. Leithart

22.4—May, 2009

When Gentile Meets Jew

A Christian Reading of Ruth & the Hebrew Scriptures

by Peter J. Leithart

22.3—April, 2009

His Passion, Our Choices

Matthew’s Trial of Jesus Is About More than Jesus

by Patrick Henry Reardon

21.10—December, 2008

Savior in a Manger

Early Christian Teaching on the Incarnation & Redemption

by Patrick Henry Reardon

21.9—November, 2008

Lettuce Worship

on Bible Lessons for the Disney Generation

by Frederica Mathewes-Green

21.2—March, 2008

The Word Through Us

The Difference Between the Bible & the Koran Is Fermentation

by Patrick Henry Reardon

20.9—November, 2007

The Rebound Bible

Engaging the Bible: Critical Readings From Contemporary Women
edited by Choi Hee An and Katheryn Pfisterer Darr

by Donna Thoennes

20.5—June, 2007

Heaven Knows

Christian Irony & the secrets of Kings & Gods

by Anthony Esolen

19.4—May, 2006

The Symphonic Bible

Sanctified Vision:
An Introduction to Early Christian Interpretation of the Bible

by John J. O'Keefe and R. R. Reno

by Ryan J. Jack McDermott

19.4—May, 2006

The Relatively Good Book

on the Liberal Protestant Bible Translation

by B. J. Hutto

19.4—May, 2006

Pure King James

The New Cambridge
Paragraph Bible
edited by David Norton

by Robert Hart

19.4—May, 2006

Caedmon’s Edge

on the Fair Advantage of a Medieval Bible Translator

by Anthony Esolen

19.4—May, 2006

The Public Bible

The Bible and Its Influence
Cullen Schippe and Chuck Stetson,
general editors

by C. T. Maier

19.3—April, 2006

Nostra Scriptura

Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages
by Jaroslav Pelikan

by Patrick Gray

19.3—April, 2006

The Agony of Gethsemane

On the Meaning of Christ's Prayer & His Obedience in the Garden

by Patrick Henry Reardon

13.4—May, 2000

Ecclesiastical Math

by Thomas S. Buchanan

14.1—January/February, 2001

With All Thy Soul

by Thomas S. Buchanan

14.4—May, 2001

Andrew, the First-Called

by Patrick Henry Reardon

14.4—May, 2001

The Winged Man

by Thomas S. Buchanan

14.4—May, 2001

The Divine Encounter

The Ways We Find Faith: Intellect, Need & Interaction

by Diogenes Allen

14.6—July/August, 2001

Secular Hermeneutics

The Bible, Protestantism,
and the Rise of Natural Science
by Peter Harrison

by James A. Altena

15.10—December, 2002

Most Excellent Theophilus

by Patrick Henry Reardon

9.2—Spring, 1996

Abigail & the Way of Wisdom

The Bible’s Narrative & Wisdom Traditions Are Combined in a Story of Romance

by Patrick Henry Reardon

7.3—Summer, 1994

A Treasure from Scribes Old, Not New

The Orthodox Study Bible: New Testament and Psalms Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993.

by Peter Toon

7.2—Spring, 1994

The Chief Sinner

by Thomas S. Buchanan

7.1—Winter, 1994

A Stick Becomes the Staff of God

Reflections on Faithfulness in the Ordinary & the Routine

by Denis D. Haack

6.3—Summer, 1993

On Turning the Cheek & Giving the Cloak

by S. M. Hutchens

5.3—Summer, 1992

The Bible Tells Me So

Everything You Need to Know About Morality & the Bible

by David Mills

5.1—Winter, 1992

Packer, Henry & Me

by S. M. Hutchens

4.2—Special Issue: The Bible, 1991

A Response to The Bible Under Spirit & Church

by Carl F. H. Henry

4.2—Special Issue: The Bible, 1991

Recovering the Spiritual Sense of the Scriptures

An Interview with Fr. Paul Quay, S.J.

by James M. Kushiner

4.2—Special Issue: The Bible, 1991

The Bible Under Spirit & Church

Some Light from the East for the Perplexed Inerrantist

by S. M. Hutchens

3.3—Fall, 1989

The Bible & Birth Control

The Bible and Birth Control by Charles D. Provan

by Scott Hahn

3.3—Fall, 1989

Creator of Heaven & Earth

by Richard S. Hess

1.1—Fall, 1986

James the Just of Jerusalem

Forgotten Saint, Forgotten City

by James M. Kushiner

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