Why is it so hard to understand? Why is it so confusing? Please help me because I am about ready to stop attending the church I love so much. I have come to the conclusion: why bother. — Needing Help, ...

A number of bible verses appear to make reference to solar eclipses, conveying messages of prophecies, power, omens, warnings ...

How Christianity blurred the line between celibacy and androgyny.

For many years now, I have gradually and quietly become what you may call “spiritually independent.” I’m now in my early seventies, and my personal faith practice is now beyond “religion.” To put it ...

Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We ...

On 8 March we mark International Women’s Day. It is not well known that there are parts of the Bible from a female ...

The black-and-white thinking in our politics brings to mind a skill that the state of Texas requires me to teach my college ...

I am not quite sure how it came to be, but somehow, some way, somewhere along the line, I became Pastor Yoda. I realized this ...

The call to “catechize” is nothing new, but it may seem passe’ to some. Yet, old truths serve to transform new hearts and ...

The New Testament like the Old Testament has also a threefold division: 1) Historical books (the Gospels and the Acts); 2 ... as found in the Bible today, dates from the thirteenth century ...

“There is clear evidence that rudeness is increasing,” University of Florida professor Amir Erez told The (U.K.) Standard, ...

Hi and happy Sunday. This week marked the beginning of Lent, the 40-day season leading into Easter. While many Catholics and ...