The defects of the Bible may be caused by______.

The Bible is a very human book. It was written, assembled, copied and translated by people. That explains the flaws, the contradictions, and the theological disagreements in its pages. Once that is understood, it is possible to find out which parts of the Bible were not in the earliest Greek manuscripts, and what one book says in comparison to another, and then try to discern the message for yourself.

Adele will be played in a lot of houses in 2016. Her voice has the impact of a thousand tons of bricks. The Zeitgeist can’t seem to get enough — the memes spawned by "Hello" alone were numerous enough to clog social media for weeks. Yet she’s the only pop star you can listen to with your grandma. That’s the reason she can dominate as fully as she does: Adele bridges pop music’s past and its future.