The canon of Scripture refers to the authoritative list of books that comprise the Bible (canon is Greek for rule or standard). Protestants have historically believed that the 66 books in the Bible ...
All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 ...
The rule of faith for Protestants is sola Scriptura. This belief holds that only Scripture is a final, infallible authority for the Christian: thus excluding the Church and Sacred Tradition as equally ...
For many evangelicals, the idea of additional scriptures, and of continuing revelation, is a key distinction between Christianity and Mormonism, said Douglas Bozung, teaching pastor at New Holland's ...
I saw your article on Five Myths about Seven Books and wonder if you think that the question posed to Jesus in Mark 12 about the resurrection is rooted in Tobit 3 and confirms that this book is part ...
Why Christians read the diversity within the canon as a unified whole. Well over a decade ago, I was doing postgraduate work at the University of St. Andrews and the place was abuzz with exciting news ...
It is frequently said that Luther did not regard the whole Bible as the divinely-inspired Word of God, but only such parts of it as “urge Christ” (Christum treiben.) He thus assumed “a canon within ...
When television documentaries ex­plore Christianity, they have little difficulty finding diverse manifestations of faith and practice from around the world. A global survey also reveals a surprising, ...
A Latter-day Saint friend of mine once invited an evangelical coworker to church. The coworker found much that was familiar in the LDS service: hymn singing, an informal sermon style, robust ...