The pleasures of this world were “consecrated,” so to speak, by God in order that man recognize and appreciate them, and turn ...

How the continuous Jewish presence in the Land of Israel has shaped the Jewish experience worldwide to this day ...

We all have a God-given ability to overcome the pull of lust for something that isn’t ours. An article inspired by this week’s Bible lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly.

A few days after the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers got an email from the Rev. Eric ...

The anthem of generational melancholy "Hallelujah" may be fundamentally religious in its origin, but it was the lyrical prowess of Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) which turned it into a cultural lexicon.

Why? Here are six reasons memorizing God’s Word is essential to our spiritual health: First, memorizing God’s Word helps us ...

One Lifeway Research study shows that among generally pro-life Americans, 58% say their religious faith is one of the ...

D oug Wilson has a white beard and a round belly, and is therefore somewhat Santa-like in appearance. He does not seem at all like someone who delivers denunciations of homosexuality and women’s ...

Jimmy Kimmel was a recent guest on Ted Danson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast and revealed that he nearly lost ...

By Ann Farabee As one dwells on worship, the realization that there are many ways to worship will appear as a truth that is ...

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He listened to me and then casually told me I had something called scrupulosity, or religious obsessive-compulsive disorder ...