Right-wing Christians are very selective about the Bible passages they quote – and even more so about which lives are deemed sacred, writes scholar Katie Edwards ...
The Christian faith teaches that God created the world and everything in it. This information is found in the first book of the Old Testament, Genesis, which states: In the beginning God created ...
According to the RSV Bible and Catholic Tradition, the First Commandment is: (6)I am the LORD your God,...(7)You shall have no other gods before me. (8)You shall not make for yourself a graven ...
They all believed the author of the Bible was God, that it was therefore a perfect book, that it had strong moral agendas and that it was abidingly relevant. Interpretation had to show how it was ...
Q: What's the next source, according to the chronology of ... And Deuteronomy, more than any other part of the Bible, is insistent that only the God of Israel is to be worshipped.
The terms election and predestination are often used interchangeably, both referring to God’s gracious decree whereby he chooses some for eternal life.