On Mothering Sunday, we can remember the famous mothers of the Bible. Many of these mothers played an important role not only in the Bible, but also in history and theology. This is the story ...

If we speak of our sacred past at all, we speak of Moses and Miriam, Peter and Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist and maybe Junia. We don’t speak nearly as often of Origen, Perpetua, Justin, or Ephrem.

NATHAN: The Bible is a collectionof books made up of 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament. The full Bible has been translated into more than 500 languages. And with more ...