Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

Luke Timothy Johnson, known for his scholarly commentaries on the third Gospel, described this Sunday’s Gospel reading as a call not only to repentance from sin but also a call to become aware that ...

How should we approach seemingly inconsistent messages in sacred texts? Religious types insist that contradictions in sacred scriptures are not cardinal flaws. They blame it on artistic classification ...

In a recent letter to your paper, a Mr. James Cannon from Bristol, Tenn., wrote a letter saying many contradictions exist in the Bible. Having been a preacher for many years, I wish to reply in an ...