A Christian word that does not have its vital roots in Jesus "is a Christian word without Christ and without Christ, Christian words deceive, they hurt." "This also divides us among ourselves, it ...

Mark Twain once said, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” By this standard, one ...

One of the scariest things I've read in the News-Leader lately was "Bible not as other writer presents," Feb. 8. May I repeat it here in case you missed it? "I was blessed to learn in my childhood ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

"Religion" is a loaded word -- not just in the minds of people who reject and/or resent religious belief altogether, but increasingly among people of faith. As Christians prepare to celebrate Easter ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. With my language cop duties out of the way, let’s go ahead and talk about misuse of ...

The Rev. Lindsay Hardin Freeman began scouring the Bible three years ago to do something that apparently had never been done: the cataloging of every word uttered by every woman in the more than 2,000 ...

Bibles are cheap. In their zeal to make scripture accessible to everyone, Protestants have manufactured Bibles in almost every language and made them available for startlingly small sums. Perhaps in ...