Richard L. Floyd

The Christian life is more like gardening than it is like cooking. You plant seeds, you water and tend your garden, and you wait for God to give the growth.

Richard L. Floyd

Lately I've been hearing the saying "It is what it is!" more and more.

Richard L. Floyd

Many of the scripture readings for Advent are full of such warnings and dire forebodings.

Richard L. Floyd

Just before the parable of the Good Samaritan, a lawyer tried to trick Jesus so he asked him, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Richard L. Floyd

Do we take for granted those things in life that come to us for free?

Richard L. Floyd

Do we take for granted those things in life that come to us for free?

Richard L. Floyd

James makes knowing God sound easy, but I've never found it so.

Richard L. Floyd

When the early church heard about the healings that Jesus had done, they understood them as signs that the long-awaited reign of God had begun in him.

Richard L. Floyd

Martin Luther didn't care much for the Letter of James.

Richard L. Floyd

The concept of "righteousness" was important to Ancient Israel's self-understanding of their covenant with God.