Scripture Is Not Inerrant; Believers Are Called

One Of The Earliest Resurrection Scenes In The Bible Is That Of Thomas Demanding Evidence - He Wanted To See, To Touch, To Prove. Those Who Question And Probe And Debate Are Heirs Of The Apostles Just As Much As The Most Fervent Of Believers.

An Epic Subject Requires A Writer Of Epic Skill And Scope, And We Have A Perfect Pairing In Cleopatra And Stacy Schiff. Absorbing And Illuminating, This New Biography Will Endure.

Steadiness Of Faith, Was, In The Long Run, As Illuminating And Essential As Sophistication Of Thought.

Here Is A Pretty Good Rule Of Thumb For Democratic Presidents: If It Didn't Work For Franklin D. Roosevelt, Who Won Four Terms And A World War, It Probably Won't Work For You Either.

I Am An Episcopalian Who Takes The Faith Of My Fathers Seriously, And I Would, I Think, Be Disheartened If My Own Young Children Were To Turn Away From The Church When They Grow Up. I Am Also A Critic Of Christianity, If By Critic One Means An Observer Who Brings Historical And Literary Judgment To Bear On The Texts And Traditions Of The Church.