Jacob is a most interesting patriarch. It is through him that God’s promise to Abraham would be realized. But he’s also a swindler. I’ll admit my indebtedness to the Polish author ...

The topic of the afterlife is interesting and I appreciate the comments. I want to remind myself and everyone else that I’m ...

When the afterlife becomes the sole focus, like for Islamic terrorists who kill innocents, seeking heavenly rewards, religion ...

All three groups were in the monotheist tradition, stemming from the pure monotheist, the ‘Friend of God,’ Abraham-the-Hebrew, whom I prefer to call the first ‘Islamic’ or the first ‘Muslim’ Hebrew, ...

They were spoken in preparation to answer a higher calling, no matter the challenge; words confirming the trials, adversity and duty that personify an attempt to exemplify moral ideals.The post ...

The Bible itself contains the most powerful argument against making the Ten Commandments a moral guide for all citizens.

Geopolitics is so much part of our life. We can choose to be solitudinarian but the global village will cover our space without our nod. The church and politics are neighbours whose coexistence needs ...

Fox has greenlit a new limited series focused on biblical matriarchs, hailing from Carol Mendelsohn ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation").

Worship has to do with ascribing to the Lord worth or value. It aligns with the first commandment: to love the Lord your God ...

In his address to the Class of 2025, Stanford University professor and best-selling novelist Abraham Verghese lauded Harvard’s opposition to the Trump administration’s recent attacks against it — and ...

In this column, I have been setting the stage for a look at how Jesus’ life itself was a social and political movement.