Category: Bible

When I was young, people (who should have known better) told me that I should only read Bibles that were translated with a “word for word” method so

I’m a first year student at Yale Divinity School, where I’m pursuing a Master’s degree in Philosophy of Religion. Most of my coursework falls within that field, but

After hearing about the “dangers of evolution” for so much of my life, I later learned that I could embrace it, or at least ignore it. I think

Theistic evolution is the theory that God used evolution to create life on earth as we know it today. If you’re a theistic evolutionist, please don’t do four

When I finally read the entire Bible for myself, I realized that I wasn’t going to find what I was looking for. I thought it would be a

Did the church ever teach that the earth was flat? Some armchair historians think so. There are historians who have perpetuated these ideas, and it’s something that is

Just in time for passover, Egypt is swarming with locusts. Of course, this happens every year, but the news has more fun with it when they try to

 As a preteen I read fiction all the time. I couldn’t get enough of it. Nowadays I only read non-fiction except for those occasional times I get it

Guest post by J.M. “Nimrod” has never been a favorite insult of mine (not that I have a “favorite” insult), but I know what it means. You probably

As Christine mentioned, Rachel Held Evans is dedicating her blog to egalitarianism (or mutuality) this week, and we here at Thinking through Christianity are eager to chime in on