Confusion is like trying to solve a puzzle without all the pieces – it can leave you feeling lost and unsure. But even in those moments, the Bible offers guidance and reassurance. In 1 Corinthians 14:33, it says, “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” So, when you’...
“I don’t know if we have any Barbaras in here . . . ” (at which point everyone who knew me looked at me), “but the name Barbara comes from the word barbarian.” He said “barbarian” arose from how Greeks described foreigners, whose language sounded like “bar...
“Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, ‘Do quickly what you are going to do.’” This is theculminationof John 6:70–71, which, after Jesus says, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil,” discloses that he meant “Judas the son of Simon Iscariot...
Recent scholarship focuses on the plasticity of the concept of “scripture” as it is defined by different religious traditions. Based on its contents, the Quran is most commonly compared to the Bible, yet such an approach misses the distinct way that th