Throughout Christian history, interpretations of biblical scripture have deeply influenced doctrines that shape beliefs, ethical standards, and societal norms. Despite the insistence by many ...

"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.’ ...

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, ...

John Dickson is Founding Scholar of the Centre for Public Christianity, and visiting lecturer in the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney. When Sir Edmund ...

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, ...

"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 ...

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, ...

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 ...