The Wisdom of God: Jesus or a created thing?
A reader asks about a pastor’s claim that the first thing God created was Wisdom.
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Using the Bible to prove the Bible?
Jesus’ words break the circle.
Politicizing Scripture
When politics becomes the measure for a Bible translation, it is a perversion of
Scripture, no matter whose politics are involved.
Is Jesus ‘just a product of His time and place?’
A correspondent asks whether Jesus’ claims to deity might simply be made up ‘to separate the faithful from their money.’ Lita Sanders responds.
Augustine young earth creationist
Those who want to fit deep time into the Bible often cite Augustine in support. However, Augustine was a young earth creationist, as a scholar of Augustine’s works reveals.
The ‘gender neutral’ Bible
‘Inclusive’ versions of the Bible distort the message of Scripture to avoid being offensive.
The flat-earth myth and creationism
Many antitheists assert that Christians of the past believe in a flat earth, so were the bane of Columbus. But Christian scholars have almost always accepted the earth’s roundness.
Romans 5:12–21: Paul’s view of literal Adam
Many passages in Scripture require Adam to be historical. Among them is Romans 5:12–21,
where a historical Adam is contrasted with the historical Jesus.
Roman Catholicism and Genesis
A Roman Catholic priest and Ph.D. physicist shows how biblical creation was the
traditional view of the Church Fathers and medieval Church Doctors and makes sense
of science.
Age of the earth
Data from many different sources point to a young age for the cosmos; not billions
of years.
Gospel Dates and Reliability
When were the Gospels written? How long was this after the events they record? Should they be trusted if they were written decades later?
London Times reports that the Bible is not anti-female: is this news?
The Bible is the most female-friendly book around, in contrast to the female inferiority taught by the early Darwinians. What did the purity laws mean?