From both a Christian and Jewish perspective, the matter of Israel is not a political debate - it’s a spiritual reality. The ...

We can start with the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that their Creator endows them with certain unalienable Rights.” Our ...

When competing ideologies had fragmented Christian thought, Thomas forged a solution. Thomas Aquinas appeared at one of the most critical times in church history. Science, secularism, and human reason ...

Well, let us look more deeply into the verse that gives you such trouble. The first meaning is that Heaven and Earth do not mean Heaven plus Earth. Heaven and earth are a synecdoche, a figure of ...

The Torah records Moses’ pleas for permission to enter the Land of Israel: “O God, Eternal! You have begun to show me Your greatness and power. What force is there in heaven or earth that can perform ...

Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path to possible sainthood. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Pope ...

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