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.
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 ...
Books that interpret the Bible are a cornerstone of the religion and spirituality market. And while the text itself has endured for nearly two millennia, publishers agree that its cultural and ...
A devout evangelical Christian friend of mine recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus went around healing lepers and touched them without fear of getting leprosy ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Jim Slitor's May 30 letter, “Old Testament not guide for behavior,” took Scripture out of context. The ...