You'd think that the answer would be an easy, "yes," but a startling number of people--including New Testament scholars--say "no." I'm always taken aback when I'm reading along and suddenly encounter ...

Biblical studies examines the Bible's scriptures and the cultures where these scriptures have originated, and provides instruction based on this research. In the discipline of Biblical Studies, ...

"The Living Water New Testament": a witness to the Holy Bible, in a straightforward and easy to follow translation. "The Living Water New Testament" is the creation of published author, Roy Mayfield.

You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (John 5:39, 40, RSV). The ...

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 great promise of the Manicheans proved illusory, but the problem remained unresolved for all that. Augustine was unable to convert to the Christianity of the Catholic Church until he had learned, ...

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The Old Testament doesn’t contradict New Testament ethics. It clarifies them. Christians have a problem. We know we are supposed to base our ethics on the Bible, but sometimes the Bible is vague on ...