Jealousy is an emotion that is often perceived as being negative, birthed in insecurity. We feel jealous when we perceive someone to be more beautiful or successful than ourselves, for example, or we feel jealous when we feel that someone we love does not give us...

John’s first letter ends with the simple admonition, ‘Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.’ (1 John 5:21) It’s tempting to dismiss that as irrelevant in modern society, since in many countries, we no longer worship statues or images made of wood, stone or metal...

Paul’s speech in Athens (Acts 17:16-34) shows us how he constantly turned every opportunity he had into a proclamation of the gospel. He started where the people were, talking about their altar to an unknown god and quoting from their own philosophers, but went on to...