Some things in the Bible are universal—principles for all people of all time. Other things are culturally relative—specific applications for certain people in certain times and places. Let’s consider women’s head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11:2–16.
We all want to read the Bible, but it can often feel more like an obligation than an enjoyment. If you feel that way, check out these two suggestions from Kristen Wetherell
Like many New Year’s resolutions, “read the Bible” has probably appeared on your list before, but perhaps it has often failed. That’s because the Bible you already have on your bookshelf isn’t meant for reading. It’s meant for study.
From time to time there have always been calls to censor the Bible and remove it from school libraries. But because we have homes filled with Bibles, it really makes no difference to the church if the school district leaves it out of the libraries.
This links to a good article over at logos.com responding to a widely shared social media post about how each Hebrew letter has a particular “meaning.” How can we evaluate claims for “deeper” or “secret” meanings like this?
This coming Sunday, June 25th, is the 493rd anniversary of the original reading of the Augsburg Confession—to this day still the primary statement of the theology of the Lutheran Church, and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Reformation.
This six-minute video about the Gospel of the Kingdom is a great primer for Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter.
Dr. John Mather is the senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA, a new tool that has confounded current models of galaxy growth. He says, “The Big Bang is a really misleading name for the expanding universe that we see.”
Books from fields other than science or history also can be true and the Bible in particular is demonstrably accurate.
What does Jesus mean in Matthew 6:14–15 when he says that if we do not forgive others, neither will the Father forgive us? If my mother died not forgiving a certain man, is she not saved?