CoM Articles

“Honey, can you bring us some more uborka saláta (Hungarian cucumber salad)?” A funny memory from my childhood upbringing of a close family friend who often addressed his wife as “honey.” Honey as a term of endearment is found in the context of love and marriage in the biblical book of Song of Songs (cf. […]

Too many things in life leave me confused. Nevertheless, I am a curious person, so I seek answers. And when a simple answer exists, perhaps the effort to find an alternative explanation turns out to be unnecessary. For example, throughout my adult life, it has never made any sense to me why truly devout followers

A section of Jesus’ Bible worth investigating today belongs to the book of Leviticus chapters 12:1 – 13:59. Please, have a look in your Bible at these verses. The bulk of this reading covers the topic of Biblical leprosy and its relationship to ritual impurity. These topics are much too detailed and complex to fully

The third chapter of the book of Daniel tells the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three Jewish men in exile in Babylon in the sixth century BC. When the three refuse to worship a golden image erected by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, he threatens to throw them into a furnace. Refusing to yield to the

Matthew 13 provides eight parables (that is, stories) dealing with the kingdom of heaven. Though often over-complicated, the kingdom of heaven served as Jesus’ main analogy for God’s rule and reign in a person’s life. With the clarity of a prophet of old, Jesus knew that while the God of Israel was sovereign over all

“I found Abraham’s wall,” he explained. He was a seasoned archaeologist working for the Israel Antiquities Authority and a guest lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. I don’t remember what language he was speaking, Hebrew or English? Wait, did he say wall or well? I don’t know. What I do remember is

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, angels announced the Messiah’s birth to local shepherds (Luke 2:8-14). The shepherds then went to Bethlehem to see the baby for themselves, telling Mary and Joseph what the angels had said. For Mary, the news from the shepherds confirmed what she had been told previously about the identity of

A Season of Light in the Darkest Time As the days grow shorter and the nights lengthen, we find ourselves in the darkest time of the year. Yet, it’s precisely during this season that the world celebrates two profound festivals of light: Christmas and Hanukkah. These celebrations are not merely about the physical illumination of

Though my high school did not have any tradition like ‘Senior Superlatives’ where classmates anonymously offered their true—and perhaps petty—feelings about one another, I have lived the American experience long enough to understand how it works. Being voted “Most Likely to Be Late for His/Her Own Wedding” may be a humorous slight, but being dubbed

In recent years “Mars Hill” has become a popular name for American churches, including some well-known megachurches. Mars Hill is the place in Athens, Greece, where the apostle Paul once addressed an assembly of leaders, as recorded in Acts 17. Churches adopting this name aspire to communicate the Gospel to the world as effectively as