Provides a principled way of moving from Scripture to its contemporary understanding and application. How can Christians today move from what the Bible writers said to what we must say in contemporary theology? How can we think theologically in ways that are deeply grounded in an authoritative Sc... (more)

By the time you've read through Exodus, you've learned the basic vocabulary of the gospel. Words like blood, redeem, sacrifice, glory, law, tabernacle, and Passover are all here, part of the great drama in which God saves a people for himself. To study Exodus, therefore, is to come to the heart of t... (more)

Lectio Divina, or holy reading, is an essential element of Benedictine spirituality; and time for personal reading of the Bible in a prayerful, contemplative way is built into the Benedictine day. It is a spiritual discipline that goes back even further than St Benedict to the early church fathers. ... (more)