Kevin Martin

Peter Brown’s latest book is a genre-defying personal account of the life, work, and intellectual development of an acclaimed historian of late antiquity. Continue Reading »

The New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition Bible translation improves upon the excellence of the NRSV in several subtle ways. Every serious Bible reader should check it out. Continue Reading »

Now is the time to be strong in faith and love—especially the love for our neighbor. Continue Reading »

Luther’s letter “Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague” finds that elusive middle ground between panic and foolhardiness. Continue Reading »

Back in 1998, at a theological conference, I heard a pastor (we’ll call him Pastor V.) of my denomination (the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) recount what had driven him out of his second call, a mission church in Lawrence, Kansas. It was the early ’90s, and Lawrence was one of the . . . . Continue Reading »