Christians believe that the gospel is universal and normative for all peoples at all times and in all places. But we often forget that the gospel is not acultural, as if it hovers above culture and is ...

THE BIBLE traditionally has four gospels in the New Testament – but Christians around the world may be shocked to learn there are many more books, with the Gospel of Thomas one of the most amazing of ...

In the earliest Christian movement, there were actually many different writings circulated, and many traditions about the sayings of Jesus. Some of the leaders were concerned to say, "Well, which of ...

Some biblical scholars are too quick to say that, because a particular Gospel doesn’t include a given story or saying of Jesus, the Evangelist who wrote it must not have known about it. One thing that ...

Story is all the rage. Everyone wants to tell their personal narrative or to give the Bible a simpler and more relevant plot. Maybe it isn’t such a good idea. I am halfway through a new version of the ...

Some years ago, in a fit of religious enthusiasm, I decided that I wanted to learn Greek. This was so that I could read the New Testament in its original language, a desire I could not really explain, ...

THE lost gospels of Judas, which were discovered in Egypt more than five decades ago, have been dubbed the “one of the most surprising document finds of the 20th century” by ethnologist Richard ...