When Biblical Scholarship Challenges Your Faith
What I’ve discovered is that the more I understand the world in which these ancient texts were written, the more I can relate to the God-experiences these writers were talking about.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-04-12T04:12:28-04:00April 12th, 2023|Tags: Bible, Comfort, Gospel of Judas, Sacrifice|
What I’ve discovered is that the more I understand the world in which these ancient texts were written, the more I can relate to the God-experiences these writers were talking about.
By Dr. Erin K. Vearncombe|2023-05-29T21:44:33-04:00January 21st, 2023|Tags: Clothing, Comfort, Empowerment, Gospel of Matthew|
When I looked into the realities of ancient clothing, however, I started to see how tied together clothing and the body – and beyond the body, the very stuff of self – really were, for Jesus’ audience.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:15:58-05:00April 9th, 2020|Tags: Comfort, COVID-19, Dialogue of the Savior, Nag Hammadi|
It could be that my mother’s confidence in this greater good – this ‘presence’ – is what prepared me to appreciate the calming messages in many of the ancient Christian texts.