Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill launches his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, starting from the beginning.

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

As a scholar of the Bible and ancient Judaism, I believe Passover is a particularly poignant time to recognize the tragedies of the past year and offer hope for the future.

Fear may indeed inspire regret, but not repentance. Fear can be dulled over time and guilt can be rationalised in an instant. And anyway, it is truer to say that we are punished by our sins, not for ...

I grew up in a secular Jewish household. But I always wondered how the Torah had continued to captivate people for thousands ...

When Paul mentioned Jannes and Jambres in 2 Timothy 3:8, his audience likely knew who these men were, but readers today often ...

RNAi – functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking as ...

This is an excerpt from TV Guide Magazine’s The Chosen: Special Easter Issue. For a deep-dive into the wildly popular series ...

The Bible teaches that God is a God of justice ... St Paul declares, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave or free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one ...

It was the "Bible" for the Greek-speaking Jews ... Russian Orthodox churches also recognize these Books as inspired by God. In 1950 an edition of the OT containing all these Books was officially ...

Of all the mythical beasts conjured up by the creative minds of history, few are as well known as the unicorn. With the body ...

Bennet Schimmelpfennig is the music director at TrueNorth Church. For more information, visit truenorthchurch.com.