Chris Davis, the pastor of the church, took as his text the first 17 verses of the Gospel of Matthew, known as the genealogy of Jesus. Those verses, a long list of names that ties one generation ...

Still, Peeler asserts, it is appropriate to refer to God as Father—not only “because the tradition did so but also because Jesus did so ... from raising the next generation to the act of testifying to ...

One of the forgotten facts of the story of Jesus’ life is that he came from a profoundly dysfunctional family. I was reminded of this while listening to a sermon this month at Groveton Baptist Church ...