Bible
Citing Scripture, Pence switches out Jesus for the American flag in convention speech
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — August 27, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Christians fix our eyes on Jesus, not the flag,’ tweeted InterVarsity staffer Greg Jao.
Trump was right. God can be hurt. But not by Biden election, say theologians
By Sameer Yadav — August 21, 2020
(The Conversation) — President Trump claimed recently that the prospect of a Biden presidency would “hurt God.” More specifically, he said, Biden would be “following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God. He’s against God. He’s against guns.” With this speech, delivered in […]
Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake
By Associated Press — August 11, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Scripture quite literally came to life for several Catholic churches in North Carolina as a rare earthquake rattled portions of the state over the weekend.
State of the Bible: Left unread during the coronavirus pandemic
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 22, 2020
(RNS) — ‘What we saw between January and June was that 13 million people in America, who were previously really engaging meaningfully with Scripture, no longer were, and that was a serious drop-off,’ said John Plake of the American Bible Society.
Will the death of George Floyd sway white evangelicals on race?
By Robert K. Vischer — July 15, 2020
(RNS) — The future of racial justice could depend on white evangelicals recognizing the extent to which structural racism continues to afflict our country.
After St. John’s, thinking differently about a president, a Bible and race
By Nick Hall — June 4, 2020
(RNS) — Be glad President Donald Trump is holding the Bible, not because he is the embodiment of its words, but because it offers the fruits of the Spirit that he, and all of us, need.
This year Easter will feel more like Passover
By Stephen B. Chapman — April 8, 2020
(RNS) — Rather than putting on their new Easter clothes and gathering at church, Christian families may find it meaningful to read from Exodus together.
When church hymns don’t grieve with us
By David Taylor — March 11, 2020
(RNS) — It’s hard to find solace in church when the hymns are mostly in major keys. In times of grieving, the Psalms can comfort us in the losses we all experience.
Jehovah’s Witnesses complete entire Bible in American Sign Language
By Adelle M. Banks — February 28, 2020
(RNS) — On Feb. 15, the last of the Bible's 66 books — the story of Job — was released in video on the Jehovah's Witnesses website, completing what a church spokesman said is the only complete Bible in ASL.
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 19, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 12, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
By Adelle M. Banks — November 12, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
God’s Uber driver in Pittsburgh
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 11, 2019
(RNS) — In a modern Hasidic story, Melchizedek appears as an Uber driver in Pittsburgh.
Museum of the Bible displays medieval Hebrew Pentateuch
By Yonat Shimron — November 7, 2019
(RNS) — The 15-by-24 Pentateuch bound in leather with metal bosses dates to around the year 1000 and was acquired two years ago by the Green Collection, headed by billionaire Steve Green of the Hobby Lobby arts and crafts chain.
David raped Bathsheba, and why that matters
By Russell L. Meek — November 1, 2019
(RNS) — If we can use a softer label or somehow chalk sexual violence up to lust or hormones or a woman’s seduction, those who defend or cover up for clergy sexual abuse are off the hook.
