The Bible does use numbers symbolically, but it does not do so arbitrarily. When numbers carry meaning,...
Ancient Near East
Few assumptions in Christian tradition are as entrenched and as rarely examined as the claim that Joseph...
Jesus’ statement that Peter would receive “the keys of the kingdom of heaven” draws on a deep...
The possibility of encountering extraterrestrial life has moved from speculative fiction into serious scientific discussion. Advances in...
Nicodemus is central to correcting a widespread but textually unsupported claim often repeated in Christian teaching: that...
A widespread assumption in Christian theology is that the fall of Adam and Eve had to happen....
The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem under King Hezekiah is often remembered as a dramatic miracle story in...
Many religious systems claim divine origin, but Scripture does not treat all such claims as equal. The...
A common modern assumption about Scripture is that if God is true, He must immediately correct every...
One of the most consistently misunderstood moments in the Gospels occurs at Caesarea Philippi, largely because it...
