The Bible teaches us, says Matthew Mullins, but its method of teaching always entails more than information and guidance. The Bible has much to say about its own purpose and authority. Among the most ...

There are many and various ways for us to approach and encounter God. There is no one means of prayer has a monopoly over our journey to God. God welcomes and blesses every sincere effort we make to ...

The first time Meg Hunter-Kilmer read the entire Bible, it took her about six years, at the rate of a chapter a day. By the time she finished, as a freshman in college, she felt like she needed a ...

Many people want to study the Bible but do not know where to begin. They feel overwhelmed by the size of the book and the depth of its content. They want to dive in and drink of God’s Word, but the ...

Mary Kee knows the benefits of Bible study groups, which she has participated in for upwards of 20 years, usually at her home parish of St. Theresa Church in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn. She says ...

The historian of liturgy Hughes Oliphant Old once observed that “prayer, particularly Christian prayer, uses biblical language. . . . The Bible contains a vast number of paradigms for prayer and a ...

A quote from Pope Francis: “I would very much like all Christians to be able to learn ‘the sublime science of Jesus Christ’ through frequent reading of the Word of God, as the sacred text offers ...

Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55) was fond of describing the Sunday encounter with the sacred texts as looking into a mirror: “The first requirement is that you must not look at the ...

Sharp decline may be connected to drop in church attendance. When researchers for the American Bible Society’s annual State of the Bible report saw this year’s survey statistics, they found it hard to ...