Modern readers often treat biblical genealogies as background material, something to be skimmed or explained away as...
Between the final prophetic words of Malachi and the opening chapters of the Gospels lies a period...
In the ancient world, time itself was understood as sacred, but not in a progressive sense. It...
Modern Christmas observance often treats the birth of Jesus as a private, sentimental moment detached from politics,...
Babylon is presented in Scripture as far more than a powerful ancient city. It functions as a...
Christmas is one of the most widely recognized celebrations in the world, yet the way it is...
The birth of Christ does not occur in a neutral world. Scripture presents human history as unfolding...
The international community frequently minimizes or outright ignores the brutal persecution of Christians worldwide. Nowhere is this...
The practice of numbering years using Anno Domini, meaning “in the year of our Lord,” is so...
Within the religious world of the Ancient Near East, the boundary between divine and human authority was...
