The rule of faith for Protestants is sola Scriptura. This belief holds that only Scripture is a final, infallible authority for the Christian: thus excluding the Church and Sacred Tradition as equally ...

The canon of Scripture refers to the authoritative list of books that comprise the Bible (canon is Greek for rule or standard). Protestants have historically believed that the 66 books in the Bible ...

I saw your article on Five Myths about Seven Books and wonder if you think that the question posed to Jesus in Mark 12 about the resurrection is rooted in Tobit 3 and confirms that this book is part ...

"Mormons embrace a broader concept of Scripture, believing that nothing in the Bible suggests that only these two works (the Old and New Testaments) constitute a complete canon of Scripture," Terryl ...

All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 ...

The Song of Songs is a love poem, sensually specific. It doesn’t mention God. The Book of Esther, writes Robert Alter, is a “kind of carnivalesque political fairy tale” -- again, no mention of the ...

Why Christians read the diversity within the canon as a unified whole. Well over a decade ago, I was doing postgraduate work at the University of St. Andrews and the place was abuzz with exciting news ...

When television documentaries ex­plore Christianity, they have little difficulty finding diverse manifestations of faith and practice from around the world. A global survey also reveals a surprising, ...

Keith Weston, rector of St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, was widely regarded as one of the foremost Bible expositors of his generation. He played a vital part in an ambitious plan by the then Inter-Varsity ...