Have you ever wondered what the longest verse is in the Bible? It is Esther 8:9. Follow along as we unpack the details of ...

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After months of deliberation, David Sheldon Fearon wrote a letter in 1959 to the committee responsible for developing the ...

After months of deliberation, David Sheldon Fearon, a gay man, wrote a letter in 1959 to the committee responsible for ...

In 1983, biblical scholar Robert Gundry was ousted from the Evangelical Theological Society. Gundry, in his lengthy ...

This article is part of a series of articles produced by local LGBTQ+ publications celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month. Philad ...

(Sifre on Deuteronomy piska 56) As the centuries pass, many words change their meaning; adding new meanings to the old meanings ... had been written down for many centuries in the dozens of books that ...

The Vulgate has been revised a handful of times over the years, most notably in 1592 by Pope Clementine VIII (the “Clementine ...

The name is likely derived from terms meaning "one who sees/stands before God ... It's a Wonderful Life. From the Latin word for bright, it was hugely popular around the turn of the last century.

Last Sunday, I preached from James 3:13 to 4:8 and it struck me that in this section James is being pretty counter-cultural ...

In fact, all of the Bible is about Jesus Christ and His blood redemption, and you will find this scarlet thread throughout the Word of God. From the very beginning of human history, it is revealed.

The shofar — from the Hebrew word for a ram’s horn, which is sounded at services on the Jewish High Holy Days, this year in October — is an alarm ...