Articles

The Prophet and the Newspaper

Jill Carattini,

Eighty-five years ago Karl Barth told his theology students to take their Bibles and their newspapers, and read both, adding, “But interpret newspapers from your Bible.”(1)...

Lord, Save Us from Ourselves: A Prayer for Justice and Peace

Ravi Zacharias penned this prayer on July 8, 2016, after tragic events in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas. His words of lament and hope were both timely and timeless, even as we mourn the recent examples of evil and injustice in our nation.

In Defiance, Hope?

Margaret Manning Shull,

For many Jewish people living after the Holocaust, God’s absence is an ever-present reality. It is as tangible as the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Dachau, and as haunting...

The Sheep Gate

Jill Carattini,

“Shepherd” is not a career choice you often hear children dreaming about. Tending sheep is not as adventurous as being an astronaut or as glamorous as being a movie star. But...

The Beginning and the End

Jill Carattini,

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you understand." —God to Job in the whirlwind To a child of four or five, the rejoinder sounded something...

Christianity Without Christ?

Ravi Zacharias,

Paul Tillich, the noted existentialist theologian, traveled to Asia to hold conferences with various Buddhist thinkers. He was studying the significance of religious leaders to the...

Space for Sorrow

Margaret Manning Shull,

Sitting with clients in therapy, I am frequently overwhelmed by their experiences of loss, heartache, and suffering. Many of my clients did not have the opportunity to grieve or...

Face to Face

Jill Carattini,

Many of us may likely have missed it. Couched between Wednesday’s building crescendo of assignments and zoom calls and Friday’s promise of their conclusion, Thursday hardly...

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Embodied Truth

Ravi Zacharias,

We have been sharing some of our favorite A Slice of Infinity essays written by Ravi Zacharias over the years. Thank you for sharing your own stories, testimonies, reflections, and...