As an atheist, I have to agree with Lance McCord's letter ("No divine mandate on ordinance," May 6). The Bible clearly and explicitly denounces homosexuality, just as it explicitly supports slavery ...
The Fathers of the Church recognize that the written Scriptures require interpretation. The written texts occasionally are self- evident in their meaning and can be read at face value, but often they ...
The history of American Bible interpretation can give us some answers. Along with workers worried about their jobs and conspiratorial types worried about a robot takeover, many scholars and pastors ...