Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...

The Exodus and the Christ story are the fundamental biblical [quest] stories which shape the Judeo-Christian community’s sense of reality both in expressing what the community is trying to do (be) and ...

Among the anniversaries in the Church’s calendar of holy days, the ascension of Jesus Christ probably causes modern Christians more embarrassment than joy. Coming forty days after Easter, Ascension ...

In the west, the last name is the surname, which is the name that identifies what family you belong to, or who your common ancestors are. In the ancient near east, they had a similar practice. People ...

Dr. Jeremiah Johnston has asserted that the cup’s inscription represents the earliest material evidence of the existence of ...

What is the meaning of Christmas? How many times have you been asked that? How many answers have you given or heard? So, what is the meaning of Christmas? To some people’s frustration, the word ...

Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of ...