The word “Bible” is simply the Greek word for “book.” The historical-critical scholars attempted to study the Bible “like any other book,” only to torture the text unlike they would do with any other ...
Often when you mention reading the Bible every day to Christians, they either hang their head in shame or start reaching into the excuse pile for a justification. For some reason, we struggle with the ...
Editor's Note: The following essay is excerpted from the contents of the new ESV Study Bible. To read the Bible "theologically" means to read the Bible "with a focus on God": his being, his character, ...
Last week in Vol. 340, we discussed the fulfillment of God’s promise as recorded by the apostle John: “ The true light, which ...
The longtime Harvard Divinity School professor says, "There is no single 'correct' way to read the Bible." But, he argues, some ways are more helpful than others. Only 36 percent of Americans say they ...
The need to engrave Scripture on our hearts feels all the more urgent this year. Turning to Scripture should be an intuitive response for Christians when we feel anxious about the world we live in.
The independent fundamentalist church I went to as a boy gave me a fantastic amount of Bible knowledge. There were Bible drills in Sunday School, Bible memory contests, and Bible quizzes, not to ...
New strategies for interpreting Scripture turn out to be not so new—and deepen our life in Christ. A wide range of voices claims that a crisis of biblical interpretation is taking place. But contrary ...