"Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters has been on a roll making controversial decisions and generating ...

Thus, in 21th century United States most Christians, Jews, and Muslims have rejected the zero sum mind set and believe in the Qur’an’s pluralism teachings. Only those who reject God by disbelief or by ...

In an age riven by ethnic and religious conflict, the message of the Torah rings true in our time. To be free, you have to ...

The new Happy Our Fitness class, a 10-week stretching and flexing exercise program, starts Feb. 3. Classes will be held from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. There is a small fee for the ...

I receive questions about God and the Bible, and one of the more frequent is whether God really listens and answers prayer.

Despite evident white-washing for the cast of his 2014 biblical epic, Ridley Scott defended his decision for the disastrous ...

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By grappling with the history of the story of the adulteress, we are reminded to approach Scripture critically, aware of how it has been shaped and reshaped to suit power.

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

In the words of James King West, a Protestant Bible scholar: The Scriptures of ... the Torah (i.e. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deut.), which from the time of Ezra had remained fixed ...

The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...