I. You shall not make for yourself an idol out of Scripture. This is a particular temptation among evangelicals who hold a very high view of Scripture. We forget that our highest calling is not to ...

The history of American Bible interpretation can give us some answers. Along with workers worried about their jobs and conspiratorial types worried about a robot takeover, many scholars and pastors ...

The editors of this volume are Franklin T. Harkins (PhD, Notre Dame; Theology Dept. Fordham University), author of Reading and the Work of Restoration: History and Scripture in the Theology of Hugh of ...

If one does not truly worship and know the Lord (the Three in One – God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit), how does one know what action He desires of us? Worship of Jesus, our Lord, is FIRST ...

Thanks to the pathbreaking work of Beryl Smalley, more than a half century ago, today we recognize the central place of the so-called School of Saint Victor in the history of biblical exegesis. By the ...

Last Saturday Rev. Bob Ripley wrote a well-written column about the literal interpretation of the Bible and how the Bible should be taken with a grain of salt. He used a great example of a pastor who ...

An update to the Bible translation used by many mainline Protestant churches has stirred accusations of “gaywashing” over how an ancient Greek word is translated. At issue: Does arsenokoitai ...

Letter writer Barbara Essington ("Know the Bible before interpreting it," June 19) complains that a previous writer who deplored bigotry and hatred against same-gender-preference people needs to learn ...