Do you know what Jesus’ favorite book was?  A good case can be made that it was the Book of Psalms, the book he seems to quote from most often.  On that criterion, Psalms was also the favorite book of first-century Christians, for it is the book most frequently quoted in the New Testament as a whole.  The prayer book of Israel, Jesus, and the early church should probably be high on our list, too.  To help Christians better understand, appreciate, and appropriate Jesus’ favorite book, the...

This coming week, the Center for Christian Studies will be heading to Searcy, Arkansas, for the Harding Inspire Lectureship .  The theme...

Aristotle began his Metaphysics with the observation that people first began to philosophize out of wonder or marveling ( thaumazein ). ...