Studies show that our brains shrink as we grow older. Anne Ravndal, a neuroscientist at the University of Oslo, Norway, and ...

Why? Here are six reasons memorizing God’s Word is essential to our spiritual health: First, memorizing God’s Word helps us ...

Typical study methods like lectures, cramming, and re-reading are ineffective. According to scientific research, they don’t help students retain information over the long term. What works is spaced ...

Jaime L. Waters serves as associate professor of Catholic studies at DePaul University and as “The Word” columnist at America since the first Sunday of Advent in 2019. A biblical studies professor, Dr ...

The sacrosanct Scripture reflection spreadsheet is circulated among staff members at America. Our associate editor, Molly Cahill, has posted the schedule for reflections, with each staff member being ...

A Scripture expert who is now the official preacher of Pope Francis has explained what makes the Bible “modern” and why knowledge of the word of God is important for evangelization. “The revelation of ...

Two Christian biblical scholars share how they zeroed in on key components of God’s Word. The Bible may be the best-selling book of all time, but it’s certainly not the easiest to understand. Dr.