The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people.

I cannot say my yes to legends that have been clearly and fancifully created. If I could not move my search beyond angelic messengers, empty tombs, and ghostlike apparitions, I could not say yes to Easter.

The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people.

The way you become divine is to become wholly human

In the private arena, you can do whatever you wish, and people do. These crazy evangelical preachers get on the radio and TV and say incredible things.

The primary message of the Christian Church is that we were born in sin and we need to be rescued; we cannot rescue ourselves, so God comes to our rescue, pays the price of our sin and transforms us through the death of Jesus.

I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.