Twelve Virtues is a collection of sermons rooted in historical-critical interpretation but also alive with proclamation and imagination. The book moves beyond pious platitudes on the one hand, and academic lectures in disguise on the other. Each sermon centers on a classical virtue—faith, hope, love, wisdom, courage, justice, and more—showing how the ancient texts can still speak powerfully to the challenges of our time. With the best of modern scholarship in the background, these...