Arthur Brooks’s new book is enjoyable, smart, and often wise, but a search for true meaning must bring us to Christ.

The curious thing about the Bible is the way it reads itself. Modern and postmodern folk, having talked themselves out of trusting Scripture so that they can more credulously swallow whatever some ...

During his general audience on Nov. 25, Pope Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on the Christian culture of the Middles Ages. He spoke about two outstanding 12th-century theologians associated with ...

WHEN the Western Christian world divided down the middle exactly 500 years ago, both the Catholic and Protestant sides became adept at using scripture to bolster their arguments. This week, holy text ...

The occurrence of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks), which is observed this year at the end of May and is associated in Jewish tradition with the giving of the Ten Commandments and of ...

With this incisive, illuminating book, Martin, a professor of religious studies at Yale University, engages the question needling most contemporary skeptics of a Christian background: how can anyone ...

Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I cannot say that I dislike or disapprove of the saying. I use it myself. But I still stiffen when someone says, ...

Under the impact of the Enlightenment, Professor E. W. Hengstenberg of Bonn became a decided rationalist; in fact, he formulated the principles of rationalism for his university. He was a brilliant ...

The unabridged story of the Maccabee family (2 Maccabees 7) outshines anything done by the heroes of Marvel Comics and their malicious adversaries. It seems incredible that a mother would encourage ...

God is the author of all Scripture, having inspired the various scribes, beginning with Moses who transcribed the Bible’s ...