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According to a Gallup poll taken last month, 40% of Americans believe that the Bible is the literal record of words spoken by God. A new crop of books from Yale University Press shows why this belief ...

God’s Word has oral and textual dimensions, and we shouldn’t pit them against one another. Sometimes popularizers fail because they’re poor exponents of good ideas. This does not describe biblical ...

In one way, since we all start out life separated from God, every book in the Bible is written to unbelievers because that’s what we are. Scripture says our original state is far from good. David ...

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Recently, on different digital platforms and without attribution, I have seen the following observation:God is not going to rewrite the Bible for your Generation.Stop trying to change Scripture when ...

As Christian believers, we are invited to an active life of prayer. As we respond to this call, the Church desires to assist us and so provides us with various prayer methods. Some of the more popular ...