We must not wrongly use the Bible to opt out of our responsibilities in this world: Quite often when I or others seek to ...

Clothes can be used to deceive you into thinking someone is not who they appear to be. That is why con artists who prey on ...

A Christian mezuzah popular among Christian TikTok influencers begs the question: Why are starting to Christians co-opt ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill responds to a viral social media post in which a reader says Bible verses have gone missing.

There are two reasons, translations and texts, both of which have cropped up in the news of religion this year. The venerable King James Version (KJV) appeared without changes over centuries. Today, ...

Many Christians are forced to give. They are intimidated to believe that they must tithe. Few subjects cause more passionate debate among Christians than tithing. In the Biblical context, tithing was ...

As the centuries pass, most important words change their meaning; adding new meanings to the old meanings, which are sometimes even lost. So Rabbi Judah said: If one translates a verse literally one ...

The Rev. Steve Davis recalls his Uncle John's skill in restoring old furniture, which reminds him how Christ restores lives.

A related topic, “What the Bible Says About Appearance,” was addressed in Vol. 201 on January 21, 2024, so there is some ...

Over and over again, Christians have found themselves on the wrong side of history, initially using biblical interpretation to defend practices that later generations recognize as morally indefensible ...

A historian said the count is interesting in a world of increasing scriptural illiteracy and in the context of how Latter-day ...

Books in the Bible About Women There are several anecdotes ... In fact, the books Ruth and Esther — found in the Old Testament — tell the stories of these incredible women and how they ...