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I t’s hard to imagine a more influential book than the Bible. When its ancient Old Testament and not-quite-as-ancient New Testament are taken into account, the Bible has been a part of the human ...
A quick concordance search of “God” in the Common English Bible gives 1,109 hits in the New Testament, but 3,189 in the Old Testament. Those statistics are hardly surprising.
Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways: The Bible presents a unified narrative about God’s desire to dwell with humanity, beginning in Eden and culminating in the ...
Firstly, because the Christian Bible is composed, for the greater part, of the “Holy Scriptures” (Rm 1:2) of the Jewish people, which Christians call the “Old Testament”; secondly, because ...
The one Bible story that some read as anti-contraception is that of Onan, who withdraws before ejaculating and is then killed by God as a punishment him for “spilling his seed on the ground.” ...
Micah 5:2 in the Old Testament foretells Christ's birth, and the fact that Bethlehem would play a significant and eternal role in the Christian story. Two North Carolina faith leaders weigh in.
A Quick Bible Study Vol. 269: What the Old Testament Says About Clothes. Myra Kahn Adams ... Today, robes are worn by Judeo/Christian religious leaders, influenced by Exodus 28, ...
“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my ...
From Hebrew Bible to Christian Bible: Jews, Christians and the Word of God ... The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. (2 vols.; Garden City: Doubleday, 1985). Kugel, James.
(RNS) — Centuries since it was written, the Christian Bible remains a bestselling book and has spawned more than a few blockbusters. Now, with the debut of “House of David,” a biblical drama ...
The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, the Old Testament includes writings considered apocryphal by ...