Ray Speller

Sep 22, 2023 | christiancentury.org | Ray Speller |Mac Loftin |Alejandra Oliva |Steve Thorngate

To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Some of the most indelible memories of my childhood took place on Friday evenings during what my little church community, and many others like it, called testimony service.

Sep 15, 2023 | christiancentury.org | Melissa Florer-Bixler |Ross Allen |Peter W. Marty |Ray Speller

To receive these posts by email each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page. For full-text access to all articles, subscribe to the Century. Because language matters, careful teaching and preaching matter. The writer of Hebrews characterizes the word of God as “sharper than any two-edged sword” (Heb. 4:13).