Four times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; Steve ...

Bill Haley wrote the following in support of social justice: “Social justice is important for the simplest of reasons … it’s a prevalent theme in the Bible. That’s justification enough as we want to ...

The Bible begins its record with five critical words: “In the beginning God created ….” (Genesis 1:1) Those five words are also understood as “Before the beginning God already was, and God already was ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “Sabbath?” Writing as a Christian, I have some very complicated feelings about this word. It is such a churchy word. Maybe some of you have it all figured ...

How do we assess our value in a society that has created a system where value is predicated on possessions? Does this mean that if I lack money, I have no value in society? Does it mean that if I do ...

Many times I have read from the Biblical chapter known as Genesis 18, yet recently I was stopped in my reading by the presence of a question I did not recall focusing on before — a question God ...

The scriptures show countless examples of prayers God has heard and answered. He continues to answer prayers today. Through the power of prayer, you can get answers to your questions and receive the ...

When I need a break from reading too much ponderous theology and Biblical scholarship, or when my heart aches as I listen to the anguished cries of people who cannot understand why they have to suffer ...

When I was in my mid-20s, I reached a crossroads like all of us experience in life from time to time. Maybe for you, it’s whether or not to stay in your current job, or to move ahead with a ...

Should the worship of God be cloaked in "cultural relevancy" and the "user friendly" ministry motif? Much of American Christendom is traveling down the familiar road of making God increasingly ...