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Zach Howard is dean of college programs and assistant professor of theology and humanities at Bethlehem College and Seminary. He and his wife, Betsy, live in Minneapolis with their four daughters.
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Listen with Your Ears — and Heart

Listen with Your Ears — and Heart

Aug 25, 2016
Fruitful conversation with someone who disagrees is a rare find today. Perhaps we’ve forgotten why and how it should be done.
Zach Howard
Aug 25, 2016
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The Florentine Forerunner: Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)

The Florentine Forerunner

Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)

Oct 3, 2017
Girolamo Savonarola condemned the pope’s abuses and elevated the authority of Scripture — all while Luther was only a child.
Zach Howard
Oct 3, 2017
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Don’t Keep Your Sins a Secret: Seven Lessons for Christian Confession

Don’t Keep Your Sins a Secret

Seven Lessons for Christian Confession

Feb 5, 2019
Many of us are not in the habit of confessing our sins regularly to one another. So how should we start? Augustine offers seven lessons.
Zach Howard
Feb 5, 2019
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Christian, You Are Able Not to Sin

Christian, You Are Able Not to Sin

Jun 24, 2020
The Christian life has this paradox at its heart: we are simultaneously sinners and saints. We are still able to sin and now able not to sin.
Zach Howard
Jun 24, 2020
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Confessions: A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic

Confessions

A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic

Jan 29, 2021
Augustine wrote ‘Confessions’ as an extended prayer to God, meant to be overheard. And many who have listened to him have never been the same.
Zach Howard
Jan 29, 2021
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Did Augustine Get Justification Wrong? Reading the Father with the Reformers

Did Augustine Get Justification Wrong?

Reading the Father with the Reformers

Sep 6, 2022
Reformers like Calvin quoted from Augustine more than from any other author outside Scripture. But when it came to the doctrine of justification by faith, they differed. Why?
Zach Howard
Sep 6, 2022
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Marriage in Three Postures: How to Cultivate and Protect Trust

Marriage in Three Postures

How to Cultivate and Protect Trust

Jan 31, 2023
How can we cultivate trust in a marriage? By living together in three ways: face-to-face, back-to-back, and side-by-side.
Zach Howard
Jan 31, 2023
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When Curiosity Becomes a Vice

When Curiosity Becomes a Vice

May 7, 2023
Many of us have been taught to assume that curiosity is a virtue, but for most of history, the wise have warned about its dark side.
Zach Howard
May 7, 2023
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Who Can Understand Sin? Deep Mercy for Our Dark Insanity

Who Can Understand Sin?

Deep Mercy for Our Dark Insanity

May 6, 2024
However far we search, we will never get to the bottom of sin’s insanity. But neither will we get to the bottom of Christ’s mercy.
Zach Howard
May 6, 2024

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