A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound ...

The great 16th century legal scholar Rabbi Yosef Karo posed a startling question concerning why Hanukkah is celebrated for ...

A roughly 500-year-old shard of Chinese porcelain - believed to be remains from bowl dating to the Ming Dynasty - was ...

Leading up to Christmas, we're focusing on God's words spoken through the prophet named Isaiah. Last week we learned that we ...

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The final book in the Old Testament, the last book in the Hebrew Neviim or Prophets, is the book of Malachi. In Hebrew, the word comes from a word meaning “messenger,” which points to Malachi as a ...

The idea of virgin birth has been part of Christianity since the start, but its significance has shifted over time.

This is no mere mortal; this is Jesus, the Christ — the Chosen Child, the Father’s Only Begotten. Each Christmas, we celebrate His miraculous birth, marveling at the mystery of a babe so meek, ...

Popular imagination associates the biblical “Satan” with the diabolical being also called “the Devil” in the New Testament. The creature is thoroughly evil—a tempter and destroyer of all that is good ...

And Qur’an 5:20-21 states: “Moses said to his people: O, my people, remember the favor of Allah upon you when he appointed among you prophets and made you possessors [of the Land of Israel] and gave ...

A Tennessee man is at the helm of a Christian Zionist organization that has donated millions in tactical gear to Israeli ...

Christ comes into the world as an infant, growing in the obedience and servanthood for which he has been called. Advent brings this swell of anticipation—a cradling of hope—for the arrival of the ...