You’ve seen it happen. The same Bible verse used to argue completely opposite things. One person quotes a line to make a ...

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve taken a closer look at a familiar phrase, “The Bible says…”, and how much more complex it can be than it first appears.

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Editor's Note: The following illustration from the book Fill These Hearts shows the need to put the Bible or theological ...

About Paul’s writings, Peter said that they, “contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other scriptures, to their destruction” (2 Pet ...

And yet, when we say, “The Bible says…,” we often speak as if that process doesn’t exist … as if the meaning is always immediate, obvious, and the same for everyone. But is it?

The unintended consequences of concordances offers a warning to Christians today. I open my Bible to 1 Peter 2:8: “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” By “open,” I ...

Cultural anthropologists tell us that one of the characteristics of our postmodern age is a disregard for history. Catholicism itself, however, exists in a tradition that recognizes doctrinal ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people at the conclusion of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Feb. 4, 2026. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media The following is the text from ...

The first thing I noticed when picking up the The Great Adventure Bible was the softness of Alpha Cowhide cover, and secondly how comfortably it sat open in one hand. As I flipped through it the ...

(The Conversation) — A historian of the Bible in American life explains how Bible verses are being picked out of context to make a case for the anti-vaxxer movement. (The Conversation) — A devout ...