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 ...

3 "You shall have no other gods before [1] me.

Fire carries profound symbolism. The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles echo the “consuming fire” often mentioned in ...

13 "You shall not murder.

Rashi speculated that the single frog was a proliferating piñata of an amphibian. When struck in anger, the frog exploded ...

Opinion: As US public discourse about the immigration crisis continues to grow more heated, it is important to remind ...

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On board the Mayflower itself in 1620, the first settlers agreed to a compact which was an important precursor to the US ...

The next passage of Scripture will illuminate why that is ... So the people rested on the seventh day" (Exodus 16:27–30). This passage comes immediately after God’s dramatic rescue of ...

But thankfully, God is working in this area of my life and is teaching me to have a spirit of trust and to live one day at a time. Lately, I have been reading and pondering over the scriptures in ...

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.

Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deut.), which from the time of Ezra had remained fixed as... the Scriptures par excellence, surrounded by other interpretive material of varying degrees of importance ...