The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

If you relate to my question last week of “Why bother reading the Bible?” — then I hope you’ll jump in for a four-week ...

Previously we had been talking about the order and organization of the Bible, starting with the sections in Hebrew tradition of the 39 books most Christians call the Old Testament. This general ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill explains why he finds the ancient collection of books that make up the Bible fascinating.

In House of David, the giants are living in a cave and mostly hiding from human society until Achish finds them and forges an ...

Christianity moves toward nihilism, Ellul argued, when we see “the transforming of a living movement of relationship into an achieved and definite situation.” Ellul said that this kind of “freezing” ...

With the new Trump tariff wars, I fear the stock market will tank, and my retirement savings will be gone Are you advising ...

By R.A. Mathews His birthday was last week, and he was delighted to show me the necklace he had been given by a friend. In ...

By R.A. MathewsHis birthday was last week, and he was delighted to show me the necklace he had been given by a friend. In ...

A school board member sworn in on a sexually explicit "banned book" has been accused of embezzling from his employer — and spending the money at strip clubs.

Genesis 3 suggests that eating the fruit from the Tree of Life gave eternal life. After the Fall, God prevented access to the ...

Revelation 22:19 All Christians - Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant - agree that the Books in the Bible are the inspired, written Word of God but disagree on which Books belong in the Bible.