New Testament
Billy Graham drew less from Old Testament as years went by, new exhibit shows
By Menachem Wecker — August 14, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Poring over some 1,300 sermon notes from 'America’s pastor,' Museum of the Bible associate curator Anthony Schmidt has tracked Graham's evolution as a preacher from the Cold War into the 2000s.
Three Jewish questions on refugee children
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 20, 2018
When was the last time that every religion agreed on something?
The ‘gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot
By Kimberly Winston — May 16, 2018
(RNS) — This weekend marks the Christian holy day of Pentecost and the Jewish holy day Shavuot. Both involve 'gifts,' but not the kind that come with bows. Let us ’Splain ...
N.T. Wright, David Bentley Hart and the latest tussle over biblical translation
By Martin E. Marty — January 29, 2018
In Christian orbits, debates over which translation one is allowed to favor have led to schisms and vicious conflicts.
Why I decline to sign ‘prophetic’ declarations
By Richard Mouw — December 7, 2017
(RNS) — I talked a lot about being 'prophetic' in my early days of social activism, but I don’t use that word much these days.
The Bible story Roy Moore needs to read
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 14, 2017
Nope, it's not about Joseph and Mary (and wasn't she a virgin, anyway?)
At life’s end, a rare point of agreement
By Jeffrey Weiss — March 20, 2017
(RNS) I like thinking that there may be a Higher Justification for me trying to continue to accomplish some things that will be considered good when I’m gone.
Italian rabbis accuse biblical conference of fueling anti-Judaism
By Josephine McKenna — March 14, 2017
(RNS) One describes the upcoming meeting as a 'defeat for Jewish-Christian dialogue.'
Jeff Sessions needs a Sunday school lesson on immigration
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 6, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Confirmation hearings begin next week for Donald Trump’s pick for U.S attorney general, who finds fodder in the Bible to justify his reactionary anti-immigrant positions. But the Alabama senator is out of step with more than a millennium of Christian thought and discipleship.
Sex outside of marriage can be holy, according to this Christian minister
By Jonathan Merritt — July 21, 2016
"Good Christian Sex" is a Chicago pastor's attempt to free Christians from shame about having sex outside of marriage.
The ‘Splainer: Was the Last Supper a Passover seder?
By Kimberly Winston — March 24, 2016
(RNS) Most scholars say "nope," but a growing number of Christians host their own seders. Let us 'splain ...
Why this rabbi wants Christians to know about Judaism and Jews to know about Jesus
By Brandon Ambrosino — February 22, 2016
(RNS) A Reform rabbi from Highland Park, Ill., Evan Moffic thinks the study of the common roots of Judaism and Christianity can serve as a bridge between two faiths that have often misunderstood each other.
Instapray app puts our best (and worst) prayer impulses on display (COMMENTARY)
By Laura Turner — June 10, 2015
(RNS) A new app called Instapray, founded by Stanford grad Fryderyk Ovcaric and backed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel among others, is billed as "a safe place that connects people around the world through prayers." But it also puts some of our worst impulses on display.
How readers ‘solved’ the mystery of the prayer wheel
By David Van Biema — May 15, 2015
(RNS) We asked readers how they would say, pray or meditate what we called the Liesborn Prayer Wheel, after the abbey for which the larger book was created. Dozens of readers responded.
Candida Moss debunks the ‘myth’ of Christian persecution
By Lauren Markoe — May 14, 2013
(RNS) Growing up Catholic in England, Candida Moss felt secure in life, yet learned in church that Christians have been persecuted since the dawn of Christianity. As an adult and a theologian, she wants to set the record straight.
