The nature of reality challenges the fundamental elements of existence and essence. Whether we discern it or not, reality is said to always exist. It can be both objective (independent of perception) ...

In our Gospel today (Luke 17:5-10), Jesus tells us that even faith the size of a mustard seed can command a mulberry tree to be uprooted and replanted in the sea. What is meant here certainly goes ...

As a missionary for five years in Ethiopia, then minister at a large church in Southern California for 11, I’ve been keenly aware of people’s need for certainty — spiritual, personal, political, ...

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." So runs the celebrated line in Hebrews 11:1, the rationale that underpins so much of the Judeo-Christian tradition.

“Reason” proponents indicate that reason clarifies; explains the world before us, is coherent and reliable and testable, is the spine of science and technology, solves complex problems; etc. “Faith” ...

In the early 2000s, a group of authors known as the “new atheists” published harsh critiques of religion. One of their central arguments was that religious people often act immorally in the name of ...

Across much of the modern world, faith is quietly changing shape. For centuries, religion functioned as a visible public identity, reinforced by shared rituals, buildings, and social expectations.