Bible Assumptions / 16 posts found
Perspectives on Bible Assumptions
Perspectives on Bible Assumptions focuses on the effect of Bible translations on beliefs about "what the Bible says." Translations can create perspectives that differ from the perspectives of original languages.
What Jesus Said about Paying Taxes to Caesar
How do the words of Jesus about paying taxes define the relationship of religion and government...
Prosperity Gospel or Poverty Gospel?
Is it a prosperity bible or a poverty bible? What does the Bible really say about money?
Teaching about Money in the Lord’s Prayer
Why teaching about money is an important part of the Lord’s Prayer...
Elie Wiesel Claims that Silence Encourages the Tormentor
Elie Wiesel's quote about encouraging the tormentor is the lead quote about distorted Bible translations in Matthew 25...
A Few Essential Facts about Bible Translations
What are the facts about bible translations? Find out why so many bible translations exist...
Economic Systems and Christian Beliefs about Money
How does Christian education about money ignore the reality of different economic systems?
What’s Wrong with Bible Interpretations of the Role of Women in Ephesians 5:22?
Why is the role of women in marriage often defined by a handful of Bible verses and Bible interpretation that restrict women to the social practices of ancient societies rather than the radical vision of relationships in Ephesians?
Christian Teaching on Debt Relief and Tithing
How does Christian debt relate to Christian money teachings about tithing and prosperity...
How Bible Translations Lost the Vision of Mutual Submission in Marriage
How was the original vision in Ephesians 5:21-22 about mutual submission to one another replaced by submission of wives to the authority of their husbands?
Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith
How is Mother Teresa's crisis of faith a prime example of misguided devotion in the service of profoundly unbiblical theology about money and the Bible...