I’d like to share my Bible reading journey. I started in Genesis last year and ended in December with Joshua. But I decided ...
Unperturbed by debates over the book’s relationship to modern thought, she helps us appreciate its marriage of literary structure and theological claims. In her latest book, Reading Genesis, Marilynne ...
A Coalgate couple are recruiting Oklahomans who love to read the Good Book. David and Carol Unsell are the state hosts of the Oklahoma Bible Reading Marathon planned for March 9-13 on the south steps ...
Considering how often the Bible is characterized as a great work of literature, it is rarely read like one. Few would suggest a piecemeal approach to Crime and Punishment, jumping from chapter to ...
Twelve-month Genesis-to-Revelation plans are popular, but most Christians will grow closer to God and his Word at a slower pace. Bible-in-a-year plans do offer a clear pathway to daily Scripture ...
Early in her brand-new nonfiction book Reading Genesis, Marilynne Robinson points out that when Adam and Eve fell, God did not curse them. Yes, God cursed the ground, but he did not curse his human ...
Genesis, Chapter 1 You’d think God would know exactly what He’s doing, but He doesn’t. He’s a tinkerer. He tries something out—what if I move all the water around so dry land can appear? He checks it ...
The story of Noah’s Ark is one of the most well-known Bible stories and has been retold in songs, children’s storybooks, ...
Who doesn’t love Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead—or even more, her first novel, Housekeeping? Yet better than her fiction, for my tastes, are her brilliant essays, which reveal that she should be ranked ...
Being a Catholic and a feminist can often feel a bit sticky. I’m speaking from personal experience, but I know I’m not alone. When we at America produce and publish content about women’s roles in the ...