Gift-giving is said to trace back to the biblical Magi – a.k.a. the “Wise Men” – who took gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus. Or to the earlier Roman practices ...

We just celebrated Epiphany in the Christian Church calendar. This is the Biblical story of the Magi, or Wise Men, who follow a star to seek a foreign savior in a foreign place. It’s a story of light ...

Herod is a pivotal figure in the Biblical story because of his position as a power-hungry ... The Bible claims that the Magi, or the Three Wise Men, could see the “Star of Bethlehem” from their home ...

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Jimmy Carter was elected President in a patriotic year. It was 1976, the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ...

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

This is Greek artist El Greco’s depiction of the Apostle Paul, who wrote 13 of the New Testaments’s 27 books. El Greco lived from 1541-1614. (Courtesy Photo) Christians are like jars of clay ...

This is an opinion column. A man was going down from Eli’s Jerusalem Grill in Birmingham to Jericho, in Perry County, a quiet place nestled between three cemeteries, four Baptist churches, one ...

Cahn helped popularize the interpretation of 9/11 as an apocalyptic biblical allegory. In his telling, the terrorist attacks were akin to God’s rebuke of the biblical nation of Israel ...

A daughter who loves dancing and whose father describes her as "sunshine." A veterinary nurse who's cared for animals from a young age. The friend who is "always there" for others. Romi Gonen, 24 ...

The first three hostages released from Gaza as part of a fragile ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday have arrived in Israel, the military ...

After making the third-most three-pointers (1,178) last season, the Dallas Mavericks sit well outside the top 10 of that category this year. That is despite adding Klay Thompson, who has made the ...