Why did Jesus tell people to make offerings in the Temple? Why did Paul call himself a Pharisee? The Bible’s answer might surprise you.

A scholar of religion and migration writes about the long-standing tensions among Christians regarding their moral obligations to those more or less closely connected to them.

If you have ever struggled to wrap your mind around the biblical doctrine of election predestination , you are not alone ...

In a recent letter to the editor we are admonished to avoid cherry-picking the Bible for verses to support a particular point of view. In this I agree with the author, who then proceeds to cherry-pick ...

which were mostly individual volumes of the books of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible — three of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Every week, we would attend the lecture and absorb ...

Jackson and the Ravens lost a heartbreaker to the Bills in the AFC divisional round on Sunday after Mark Andrews dropped what would have been a game-tying catch on a two-point conversion late in ...

and refused to pin postgame blame on tight end Mark Andrews after his pivotal two-point conversion drop. While it's easy to say the right things when cameras are squarely on you, it's another to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s only the third week of January, but Apple TV+ may have already given us one of the best and worst ...

When we’re introduced to Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall), “Prime Target’s” protagonist, we’re told he’s a brilliant postgraduate mathematician. So brilliant, that he makes a major breakthrough in finding ...

The Bible is very clear about the qualifications ... was necessary to ensure the writing of the New Testament (except for Mark and Jude, the New Testament was penned by the Apostles, and both men were ...

After head coach Mark Daigneault and the Oklahoma City Thunder's 127-101 win against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, Daigneault clinched the best record (35-7) in the Western Conference through games ...

Rachel Dobkin is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on politics. Rachel joined Newsweek in October 2023. She is a graduate of The State University of New York at Oneonta.