As we prepare to return next Sunday to our study of the Book of Genesis focusing on Noah and the story of the flood, I thought this article, a brief account, from their printed edition, let’s us know that our approach to studying the scripture is comment current even in secular journals.

If you want to take a few minutes, you can read what the author has to say;  particularly of interest might be the chart at the end of the article which takes each major religion, its text, doctrinal view, scholarly critique, and hot button issues.  http://www.economist.com/node/21542160?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/believeitornot

To capture their audience  their headline reads –

Believe it or not

For most Christians, scholarship illuminates the Bible, rather than undermining its message