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 ...

The “Come, Follow Me” study guide for Feb. 10-16 covers Doctrine and Covenants 10-11, which includes the Lord’s direction to ...

Pastor and theologian John Piper tackled one of Christianity’s enduring debates — how Scripture addresses witchcraft and ...

Anthony Julius' biography of Abraham argues for the duality of the first Jew, with one life based in reason and another in ...

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Evangelicals have much to celebrate lately. Bible sales are up 22 percent, fueled by first-time buyers. Pro-life activists ...

Giving to the church doesn’t exclude Christians from supporting other ministries and charities, but there should be a balance ...

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 ...

The disciples were sailing safe and secure on calm waters when a storm suddenly came out of nowhere. The ship filled with ...

I began my intervention by stating that I did not choose to be Jewish, that I was born in Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, to Jewish ...

Most of us have our ideologies firmly rooted in the binaries of faith and reason. But real life is never quite that black-and ...

The letter Paul wrote to the Romans is a significant theological work that focuses primarily on different aspects of righteousness. Paul explains the relationship between the old and new covenant and ...