April 1st rolls around as a day of pranks, jokes, and harmless deception. But there is one mistake, one deception, that is far from harmless — one that ...

Few things in history combine human creativity, economy, and culture like ancient coins. Now, toss in a healthy dose of ...

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

“I met Corb at a poker game in Dauphin, Manitoba,” Carll said. “It was probably 20 years ago. We quickly became best friends ...

Julie Faith Parker is a Hebrew scholar who teaches biblical studies at General Theological Seminary in New York, and Eve ...

In contrast, many other mothers of the disciples remain unnamed, suggesting a passive approach to their children’s spiritual ...

I looked around the circle of little faces in the living room as we read our evening Bible story. There was nothing in me that wanted to leave them for four ...

For by grace you have been saved by faith. Nothing you did could ever earn this salvation, for it was the love gift from God ...

It’s intriguing to think of how we honor the virgin Mary at Christmastime, and how we can also rightly honor a prostitute, ...

Tomorrow we will celebrate the fifth Sunday of Lent. Lent was established by the Council of Nicea in 325 AD with emphasis on ...

By Michael J. Brooks Dr. J.D. Gray served for many years as pastor at First Baptist Church, New Orleans. He often delighted ...

They’re both highly variable and all orbiting around the common axis of, “It’s an old book, so…”In the modern world, there’s a sort of built-in assumption, a prevailing headwind, that any old book is ...