The Bible says that Jesus wept when He saw Mary weeping over the death of her brother. It records that Peter denied Jesus three times on the night of Jesus' arrest. When it dawned on Peter what an abject failure he was, he went out into the night and wept. Tears say...
When controversial issues find their way to the table of ethical discussion, it usually isn't long before the Bible is called to testify on behalf of whichever side is making its case.
Christmas reminds us that God didn’t become an emperor controlling an empire. God didn’t become a general commanding legions. God didn’t become a creed, a Bible, or a set of doctrines to be imposed. God became a helpless baby born to a poor family desperately in need...
People will often say, "My authority is the Bible." It would be more accurate for them to say, "My authority is what they told me at church the Bible means."
Those who take the Bible literally are actually undervaluing it by ignoring its complexity, history, and diversity.
The Bible isn't "clear," because it's not a rulebook or instruction manual. It's a companion for being human, and that is messy work.
Most biblical stories are descriptive, not prescriptive. They show what it looks like to wrestle with trying to live a moral life—recording success and failure. But here's the thing: That makes the Bible more holy, not less. Treating spiritual texts like a recipe book...
The Bible tells of flawed people--people just like me--who make shockingly bad choices and yet still find themselves pursued by God.
"The Bible is VERY clear!" What's meant by this phrase: I have reduced the Word of God exclusively to my own particular interpretation of an English translation of the Bible and I'm so certain that I have nothing more to learn about it that I can now use it as a...
Matthew writes: “[Herod] sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under.” Jesus is born, but in Flannery O’Connor’s words, “at a devastating price.” No one knows how many children died; the New Testament alone documents the...