When asked to name a favorite Christian hymn I’m guessing that we could pretty easily come up with a lengthy list. “Blessed Assurance” would assuredly be on it. Over a thousand persons might say, “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing.” And wouldn’t it be that people in the Methodist tradition would quickly proclaim “And Can It Be?” as near the top. But how many would think to include Philippians 2:1-13, particularly verses 5-11? Verses 1-4 and verses 12-13 in our assigned Second Lesson reading...

All the way back in the early fifth century, St. Augustine confessed that “because Hosea is such a profound prophet, it is no easy matter...

In this passage from Acts we find Paul receiving a vision from God. This is far from a unique occurrence, as stories of persons...