The adulterous woman was sentenced to eternal life. This world is a world of judgment. We insist on retributive justice. We send transgressors to jail. We judge offenses. We sometimes even judge God.

The Torah shouldn’t be used to support political positions and it is abhorrent when people distort the Torah. The Torah doesn’t align with contemporary political positions. People familiar with the ...

Jesus said “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” — and at this cultural moment, judgement has acquired a negative resonance: in ordinary usage, to “judge” is taken to mean to condemn. But is that ...

The Greek krino and krisis are properly translated judge or judgment. This is a neutral term, simply signifying that one’s case has been reviewed and determinated by the Righteous Judge. It does not ...

The basic fact of biblical religion is that God pardons and accepts believing sinners (cf. Ps. 32:1–5; 130; Luke 7:47 ff.; 18:9–14; Acts 10:43; 1 John 1:7–2:2). Paul’s doctrine of justification by ...