For the topic of the October Synod of Bishops in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.” The agenda committee, after polling bishops and others, ...

I am having difficulties understanding when to apply teachings from the Old Testament and when those laws have been fulfilled completely and can be disregarded. For example, the Church bases her ...

God’s case for belief and trust in Him and in all things spiritual, which are now unseen, is better grasped when we understand the difference between and the different objectives of the “old” and “new ...

Emeritus BYU professor of ancient scripture Robert L. Millet teaches about the difference between an oath and a covenant. Religious covenants bind the participants together in obedience to God, who ...

Ancestors, judges, kings, prophets, priests, wise ones and mysterious figures are the categories of Old Testament characters that Dianne Bergant groups together in People of the Covenant: An ...

The prophets launch their words into the future. Where do they land? I find it helpful to think of three major possible horizons of their vision. That is to say, as the prophets launch their words ...

A brief response to Robert Foster on my book, ‘Irresistible.’ First, I’d like to put to rest any fears that my truncated quotation of 2 Timothy 3:16 in the book was intentionally shortened. Foster ...