Jesus only loses his cool a handful of times in the New Testament (just ask the moneychangers in the Temple), but he unleashes one of his fiercest …
This enigmatic figure has intrigued (and puzzled) religious thinkers and scholars for centuries. What was he really and how did he become associated with Jesus?
The biblical story of Cain and Abel runs only 17 short verses in the book of Genesis, but it contains a significant number of "firsts": Earth's first …
The mysterious biblical figure of Melchizedek has intrigued (and puzzled) religious thinkers and scholars for centuries. He makes a brief but …
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The book of Genesis contains some of the most famous origin myths in Western culture: God's creation of the heavens and Earth, Adam and Eve eating …
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