For nearly 2,000 years, each succeeding generation of Christians has tried to puzzle out whether the Book of Revelation's riddles and symbols has meant its own time was the end of time. Over the past ...
Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation was not a Christian book, but a warning issued 90 years after the death of Jesus that Jewish followers of Jesus better not form a new religion You can save ...
Christian theology and global politics can make strange bedfellows. Consider the intimate relationship between fundamentalist expectations of Jesus’ return and market-driven disregard for the ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Spoken Gospel, a nonprofit that helps people understand and be changed by the Bible, is thrilled to announce the finale of its seven-year journey: the release of its Revelation video, ...
The fathers of the Second Vatican Council felt they should make a statement summarizing the Church’s teaching about the Bible. The result was one of the most beautiful and succinct documents on ...
This article argues that narratives about the loss and (potential) recovery of biblical texts can reveal a previously neglected genre of “biblical theology” in premodern Jewish sources—a religious ...
Scripture is a door and a feast if you ask the right questions. When I started leading a Bible study at my church, I had the daunting task of choosing the first book for us to study. I don’t remember ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,050-year-old Roman council hall in Turkey adorned with mysterious Christian symbols linked to the Book of Revelation. Among the ruins in Laodicea, the team found a ...
Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 She is a famous television character, instantly recognized by baby boomers. She rose to lasting fame without ever saying ...
If you think that hearing another part of the Christmas story as late as Jan. 8 is stretching it out too much, just imagine what those Magi felt as they trudged through the desert toward Jerusalem and ...