Christians have a moral and ethical obligation to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past when interpreting scripture. Throughout history, biblical interpretation has profoundly shaped societies, ...

"In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ ...

John Barletta worked as a Secret Service agent for Ronald Reagan at his Santa Barbara ranch. Very skilled on horseback, he became the president’s riding companion. Reagan’s ...

"In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him" (Job 41:22). This Bible verse comes from the Book of Job in the Old Testament, considered the first of the "Poetic Books" in ...

Religion has often trapped believers in what appears to be humility but is, in truth, a quiet form of unbelief. Many have been taught that to be spiritual is to think small, to downplay their gifts, ...

The Bible is, as Wilson’s title has it, the book of the people. We build our meanings together. By Frank Cottrell-Boyce The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible A N Wilson Atlantic Books, 213pp, ...

Jesus is the reason to stop concentrating on ourselves. Innumerable Christmas devotionals point out the humble circumstances of Jesus' birth—among shepherds, in a crude stable, with a feed trough for ...

Biblical scholars especially, but all of us in general, are sometimes tempted to think of reading and interpreting the Bible as a solitary enterprise. Scholars have no excuse for this egotism, as they ...