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February 2017

February 16, 2017

What’s the relationship between America’s Episcopal Church and the Church of England?

LISA ASKS: If Henry VIII founded the Anglican Church, does that mean today's head of...

February 08, 2017

Why do many religions care what believers wear?

"ERASMUS" ASKS: Why do the religious authorities feel strongly about what we wear when we...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

Should churches be tax-exempt?

RACHAEL'S QUESTION: Once in a while I'll see someone comment online about how taxing churches...

January 07, 2017

What do Jews believe about life after death?

NORMAN'S QUESTION: The Hebrew Bible makes no mention of an afterlife. When did this belief...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

With Jesus’ birth, why does the Bible list two different family trees?

THE QUESTION: In the accounts of Jesus' Nativity in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke,...

December 01, 2016

What does Christianity say happens to believers after death?

PAULA'S QUESTION: When people say their loved one went to heaven, why doesn't the preacher...

November 2016

November 19, 2016

Why didn’t the Bible abolish slavery?

THE QUESTION: If the Bible is a revered guide to morality, why didn't it abolish...

October 2016

October 29, 2016

Who are the Yazidis of Iraq? (And why are they persecuted so?)

RACHAEL'S QUESTION: I've heard of Yazidis but don't know much about them. What are some...

October 17, 2016

Is the Bible so “dangerous” it should be banned? Burned? Seriously.

NORMAN'S QUESTION: The Bible is the most-purchased and least-read book of any. What can we...

October 03, 2016

Was the Bible’s Abraham a real person or only a fictional character?

MARK'S QUESTION: Liberal biblical scholars say Abraham never lived and was a literary invention of...

September 2016

September 12, 2016

Were Paul, and Jesus himself, mistaken about when the Second Coming would occur?

NORMAN'S QUESTION (summarized and paraphrased): The New Testament letter of 1st Thessalonians regards the coming...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

What does the Bible say about physical punishment of children?”

AN ANONYMOUS READER ASKS: In the U.S. there is a strong tendency among certain segments...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

Does Islam’s Quran say husbands can beat their wives?

THE QUESTION: What does Islam's holy book, the Quran, say about husbands beating their wives?...

July 11, 2016

Why do the Catholics and Orthodox “cross themselves” differently?

GAIL'S QUESTION: Why don't the Orthodox and Roman Catholics cross themselves the same way? THE...

July 01, 2016

Does religious liberty in the U.S. go too far?

NORMAN'S QUESTION: Given that many religious groups have some very socially undesirable beliefs and, even...

June 2016

June 11, 2016

What is Jainism?

SID'S QUERY: I am looking for information on Jainism. Any help you can give me...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Will Catholicism admit women deacons to the clergy ranks?

THE QUESTION: What are the reasons the Catholic Church might, or might not, ordain women...

May 12, 2016

Wine? Juice? Water? Wheat bread? What should be served at Communion?

GORDON'S QUESTION: Why do some Christians use (unfermented) grape juice or leavened bread in Communion...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Is capitalism biblical?

JOHN'S QUESTION: It has always been my understanding from Proverbs (condemning the "sluggard"), and Paul's...

April 16, 2016

A big one: Is New Testament history reliable?

NORMAN'S QUESTION: How can we get people informed about the results of academic biblical scholarship,...

April 06, 2016

Was one of the New Testament apostles a woman?

CLAUDE'S QUESTION: How did you come to the conclusion that Junia / Junias in Romans...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

What does Islam teach about violence?

DAVID'S QUESTION: Why don't mainstream Muslims acknowledge that the Quran orders them to do just...

March 18, 2016

What do we know about the Jewish leader who buried Jesus?

JACK'S QUESTION: What do we know about Joseph of Arimathea? Have scholars learned anything more...

March 08, 2016

Did later Christians change what Jesus’ earliest followers believed about him?

NORMAN'S QUESTION: Why do an overwhelming number of Christians believe (or say they believe) things...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

How are Orthodox Christians organized, and why?

DAVID ASKS: Most of us in the U.S. are aware of Orthodox Christians but don't...

February 17, 2016

Sunni vs. Shi’a Muslims: What? Why? Where? How many?

JIM ASKS: Muslims in the U.S.: Sunni or Shi'a? And a second reader asks about...

February 09, 2016

Bible puzzler: Did John write the Gospel of John?

PATRICIA'S QUESTION: Who do you think authored the Fourth Gospel? THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: This...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

What’s the Jesus Movement’s impact 45 years later?

JOSH'S QUERY: [Referring to "Time" magazine's 1971 cover story on the youthful "Jesus Revolution"] A...

January 19, 2016

What are the ins and outs — mostly ins — of the Internet’s Bible Gateway?”

HEATHER'S QUESTION: I don't see the New Revised Standard Version in my biblegateway.com app. Do...

January 11, 2016

Why do certain Muslims still practice beheading?

TERRY'S QUESTION: What is it with Muslims and beheadings? Where does that come from? THE...