http://www.vision.orgFeatured Articles on Religion and the Bible from VisionCopyright ©2011 Vision.org.  All rights reservedDo customs and origins matter in religion? The paradox is that Jesus said He came to establish truth, yet the very day that supposedly celebrates His arrival is characterized by myth and tradition. http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4138Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:36:33 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4138Even the urbanized and industrialized Western world has agrarian roots, though most of us have lost any real connection with the land. Still, for the world to survive, we need to reconsider the wisdom of a land-based economy.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/religion-and-the-bible-agrarian-society/50334.aspxTue, 22 Nov 2011 14:11:08 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/religion-and-the-bible-agrarian-society/50334.aspxIt’s been 400 years since the King James Version of the Bible was published in England. What makes it such an enduring translation?http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/religion-history-of-king-james-bible/50299.aspxMon, 21 Nov 2011 12:37:06 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/religion-history-of-king-james-bible/50299.aspxIn Bible history, this year marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Version. A lasting success of the KJV was its committee-based approach to translation, a method that is still used with major Bible translations to this very day.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/bible-history/king-james-anniversary/42879.aspxTue, 05 Apr 2011 11:09:28 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/bible-history/king-james-anniversary/42879.aspxPart Two in the story of the courageous struggle to put the Bible into the hands of the English people. http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=672Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:24:21 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=672Why was the translation of the Bible into English so violently opposed? First in a two-part series.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=671Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:17:57 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=671Belief in everlasting punishment in a blazing inferno is almost as old as humanity itself. But is it based on the Bible’s teachings? What is hell?http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/origin-of-hell/41044.aspxMon, 21 Feb 2011 09:52:19 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/origin-of-hell/41044.aspxDuring the past 2,000 years, various traditions have been layered over basic Christian truths. At the foundation of some of these teachings are bold and imposing forms of anti-Judaism. Modern scholars are reexamining the history of the early Christians and are finding that, along with Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul, the first followers were much more Judaic than was formerly thought. What does this mean for the future of Christianity? http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=1040Mon, 15 May 2006 14:44:43 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=1040If the winners are the ones who write history, then historical accounts are surely subject to bias and inaccuracy. The history of the church is no exception.http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/church-history/first-christians/47371.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 14:04:28 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/church-history/first-christians/47371.aspx