Jews, who are only 0.2% of the world’s population and 1% of migrants, are by far the most likely religious group to have migrated, with 20% of Jews worldwide living outside their country of birth ...
The Bible is not known for being a humorous book. Yet, it often speaks about laughter. What does it say? And why do we never ...
Fire also represents divine purification, as in God’s covenant with Abraham, where a “smoking firepot with a blazing torch” passes between sacrificial animals (Genesis 15:17-18). Further ...
What the Bible and history tell us about the claim that God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants.
This is the week we recall the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Although we don’t single out his birthday as a nation any longer, ...
The Yale Jewish Lives series, which has volumes devoted to figures as diverse as Harry Houdini and Henrietta Szold, had a ...
What the world throws away, God values highly. This is especially true when it comes to people, God's people. God's people are a highly prized, beloved, a small "remnant" of souls saved by grace ...
The Trump administration is eyeing an expansion of the Abraham Accords, hoping to bring new countries into the agreement, and the rebuilding of Gaza, senior administration officials said before ...
The Qur’an contains 99 Arabic names (attributes or character traits) for the multifaceted essence of the one God, but not one of them connects the one God with one people, while one of the dozens of ...
A proposed Tennessee bill would have the state join the ranks of those seeking to establish a "Covenant Marriage Act." A bill was introduced to the state House of Representatives on Jan. 22 that ...
Brethren, it’s the beginning of another month.   It’s time to ask; the popular question “ how far? “. Asking this question is ...
Dr Abraham Verghese's writing goes deeper into ... people like both my grandmothers. For them, God and religion got them through life. They lived partly in the material world and quite ...