(The Conversation) — A historian of the Bible in American life explains how Bible verses are being picked out of context to make a case for the anti-vaxxer movement. (The Conversation) — A devout ...
To save the integrity of the Christian, Jewish and Islamic religions, we must be able to explain the historical implications and context of many of the ancient scriptures from both the Old Testament ...
Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I cannot say that I dislike or disapprove of the saying. I use it myself. But I still stiffen when someone says, ...
FaithTime has launched its Bible Lessons Library, an accessible collection of teaching articles created to help readers understand Scripture with clarity and confidence. The library addresses a ...
In Monday’s edition of the Lantern, there appeared an article written by Martha Knox concerning acceptance of alternative lifestyles. As a conservative Christian student on campus there are very few ...
THE text of Scriptures draws its meaning from its context. Even in our natural normal day communication, none of us would want to be quoted out of context. It therefore follows that we have no leeway ...
Jim Slitor's May 30 letter, “Old Testament not guide for behavior,” took Scripture out of context. The Bible is God's love letter to humanity. The Old Testament shows us the law that God's holiness ...
Pastor Betty Hanna-Witherspoon, Ebenezer Church, Kansas City, Mo.: This quotation may be built on Jesus’ encounter with Satan as found in Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-12. In these passages, Satan uses ...
Students in Christian colleges have too often assigned a kind of second-class academic citizenship to Bible courses, feeling that these courses will not tax them intellectually and that they have ...