Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve taken a closer look at a familiar phrase, “The Bible says…”, and how much more complex it can be than it first appears.

You open your Bible with good intentions, then five minutes later you’re staring at a genealogy that reads like a phone book, wondering how Hezekiah connects to anything you’ve ever heard in church.

From ancient banned books to archaeological finds, the Bible’s story is richer and more complex than most realize. Historical ...

And yet, when we say, “The Bible says…,” we often speak as if that process doesn’t exist … as if the meaning is always immediate, obvious, and the same for everyone. But is it?

Editor's Note: The following illustration from the book Fill These Hearts shows the need to put the Bible or theological statements into their proper context or framework. (There are also some other ...

Cultural anthropologists tell us that one of the characteristics of our postmodern age is a disregard for history. Catholicism itself, however, exists in a tradition that recognizes doctrinal ...

How should we approach seemingly inconsistent messages in sacred texts? Religious types insist that contradictions in sacred scriptures are not cardinal flaws. They blame it on artistic classification ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people at the conclusion of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Feb. 4, 2026. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media The following is the text from ...

The unintended consequences of concordances offers a warning to Christians today. I open my Bible to 1 Peter 2:8: “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” By “open,” I ...

(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 ...