Scriptural Authority and Interpretation

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How do you talk with a Latter-day Saint when familiar words like God, Jesus, grace, and salvation may carry very different meanings? I want…

How much can a group of ancient manuscripts really tell us about the Bible we read today? Some people speak as if the Dead…

What does the Bible actually tell us about Gabriel? His name is familiar, but wings, trumpets, and the title “archangel” often come from art…

Who were Adam and Eve, and why does their story still control so much of what Scripture teaches about us? Genesis presents them as…

Churches can use all the right titles and still misunderstand the office. A pastor may be treated like a chief executive, a weekly speaker,…

Jude tells us that Enoch prophesied, so does that mean the Book of Enoch should be read as Scripture? I want to work through…

Why does Paul speak so sharply to churches that already believed in Jesus? They were being taught to add circumcision and the Mosaic Law…

Genesis 6 raises questions almost as soon as the sons of God and the Nephilim appear. Who were they, what does “sons of God”…

With so many English Bibles available, which translation can we trust for daily reading, serious study, and teaching? To answer that, we need to…

How can Jesus Christ be fully God and fully man at the same time? Scripture does not ask us to choose one truth and…

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