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Recent Examples of Scripture
Earlier in April, an archaeologist excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre found proof of an ancient garden at the site, consistent with biblical scripture.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Guests joined the couple in reciting prayer and reading scripture.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
From the November 2020 issue: James Parker on reading Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
Those who wish to engage with religious scriptures are not relieved of the obligation to wrestle with how miracles should be understood.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
The council decided that the Vulgate, a Latin translation of the Bible, was enough to understand scripture, and there was little need to investigate its original Greek and Hebrew version.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Of those crew members, several inscribed their favorite scriptures on the raw wall and floor before stone or stucco was applied.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
Theo is afraid of this fiery phenomenon, writing to a spiritual mentor to ask if the comet’s tail is poisonous to humans and what scripture says about it.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
Williams practices Hinduism and brought a copy of the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita to the ISS in December 2006.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Arguments and accusations of blasphemy regarding teaching yoga sutras rather than Bible scripture are rife within the Black yoga community.
—Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Guests joined the couple in reciting prayer and reading scripture.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
From the November 2020 issue: James Parker on reading Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
Those who wish to engage with religious scriptures are not relieved of the obligation to wrestle with how miracles should be understood.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
The council decided that the Vulgate, a Latin translation of the Bible, was enough to understand scripture, and there was little need to investigate its original Greek and Hebrew version.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Of those crew members, several inscribed their favorite scriptures on the raw wall and floor before stone or stucco was applied.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
Theo is afraid of this fiery phenomenon, writing to a spiritual mentor to ask if the comet’s tail is poisonous to humans and what scripture says about it.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
Williams practices Hinduism and brought a copy of the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita to the ISS in December 2006.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Arguments and accusations of blasphemy regarding teaching yoga sutras rather than Bible scripture are rife within the Black yoga community.
—Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Scripture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Scripture. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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