The Bible in Context

The belief systems that claim the Bible as their basis have significantly divergent views on the subject of forgiveness. So just what does the Bible say?

Vision examines the evidence for the teaching that the apostle Peter spent time in the capital of the Roman Empire and founded the church there.

As the apostle Paul’s life draws to a close, he continues to demonstrate his sincere concern for those under his care and for those who will carry on his ministry.

Christianity has long claimed Constantine as one of its own. Yet even toward the end of his reign the emperor was open to new philosophical ideas.

Competing philosophies put pressure on the early church to change its doctrines and practices. One of these contenders was Gnosticism.

Researchers, government health agencies and religions have a great deal to say about alcohol use and abuse. What does the Bible say about alcohol use?

Though Paul is manacled to a Roman guard, he continues his ministry both in person and through letters to fellow believers in outlying provinces.

During the Christmas season, people hear the account of Mary’s role as the mother of Jesus, but little of what is popularly believed about Mary is from the Bible.

The prisoner Paul makes his way to Rome for a hearing before the famous Nero. But what might appear to be the end of the story is really just another beginning.

David Hulme explores the question “What Makes Us Human?” from the generally overlooked perspective of the ancient Hebrew Scriptures.

By working backward through history, we find that Santa Claus has been with us in various guises for thousands of years.

It’s generally acknowledged that the second-most important festival of the Christian calendar has no biblical support. Most people shrug that off as irrelevant, but is it?

Soon most Americans will take a holiday to give thanks, but most will likely do so by simply eating too much. Is this the legacy of the first Thanksgiving?

Paul’s final visit to Jerusalem resulted in riots, beatings, imprisonment, hearings before governors and a king, and finally an appeal to Caesar.

A growing body of scientists, religious or otherwise, disavow Dawkins’s extreme secular fundamentalism.

The newly translated “Gospel of Judas” is the latest pseudo-Christian text to generate interest and grab the public’s attention.

The apostle Paul travels to the city of the goddess Artemis to live and teach for three years before making his way to Jerusalem one last time.

The apostle Paul arrives in the ancient cities of Athens and Corinth. How he approaches his respective audiences is in itself enlightening.

Most Bible scholars pit the apostles James and Paul against one another. A brief review of the historical record shows the origins of that mistaken idea.

All civilizations and cultures, it seems, developed legends about avoiding our inevitable date with death. Could these accounts have a common source?