Alarmed by abortion and transgender rights, Christian activists are invoking the Old Testament story of Esther, the Jewish ...

Silent meditation is central to Buddhist and mindfulness practice, and many people initially feel discomfort sitting in silence, especially in the presence of other people. We are socialized to ...

When the Apostle Paul was leaving Ephesus, he gathered the elders of the church together to give them important instructions.

An Act of God” — 3 stars “An Act of God,” the saucy religious satire running at Aurora’s Copley Theatre, finds the Almighty ...

Harold Ticktin, who has written the Yiddish Vinkl for nearly 13 years in the Cleveland Jewish News, has published his final column. Due to health reasons, he is unable to ...

Rumors abound about Satanism. Its adherents are often portrayed as evil, bloodthirsty deviants in popular culture. But that's ...

There seems to be one question that believers and nonbelievers alike wrestle with throughout their walks of faith: what ...

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First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

God will never say, “Whoa, I didn’t see that one coming!” God has resolved to do what He will do, and nothing or no one ...

On Wednesday morning, October 9, the assigned readings from my devotional bible were from Esther 3 and 4. In these verses, the Persian king, Ahasuerus, is led by his ‘prime ...

A new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible displays one of the oldest Jewish books discovered in Afghanistan, which contains ...