Reacquainting ourselves with a shocking parable. Plus: Esau McCaulley on Christians, social media, and the Nashville school shooting.

It wasn't the robbers Jesus castigated in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was the religious leaders.

Stories like the Good Samaritan foster an awareness of others that cures our near-sightedness.

Jesus’ economic justice doesn’t mean beating the rich at their own game.

How God got my attention when I thought I was too good for grace.

Highlights from our archives.

This season, we’re invited to see symbols of the Nativity not as quaint supplements to doctrinal truth but as robust invitations to faith.

The Parable of the Sower frees us from our desire for resolution.

Chris Arnade’s moving account of “back-row America” made me reconsider my own definition of success.

When Ruby went missing, Jesus’ words struck home.