This week, I send my best wishes to every citizen gathered at the Museum of the Bible, on the National Mall, and all across our country participating in

National Bible Day is celebrated every year on the last Monday of January — this year, Jan. 29 — to honor the importance of the Bible for the billions around the globe who follow its teachings and are devoted to reading it, reflecting on it and growing ...

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, circumstances, different writers, or simply translation.