We need to make some important distinctions about the biblical meaning of “fearing” God. These distinctions can be helpful, but they can also be a little dangerous. When Luther struggled with that, he ...

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a 1981 Reagan appointee who retired in 2006 and died last December, exemplified the phenomenon.

Confusingly, the Bible contradicts itself on stoning as a means of execution for Jesus' crime, blasphemy, which many have ...