Is it okay for Christians to celebrate days like Halloween or Christmas, which aren’t specifically commanded in the Bible? Some Christian groups claim that it’s not. For instance, 119 Ministries, a ...

One of the most contested religious occurrences in modern times took place a century ago in the mountainous village of Fatima, Portugal. This was a time of political instability and war, causing ...

Mickey Mattox notes some important details that influence our understanding of Luther’s context of Wittenberg, Germany. Mattox says that that city constantly contested religious authority even before ...

There are those moments . . . not when you have something difficult to say, but when you sense that the other person may. You have a feeling, or you may know, that he is embarrassed about something or ...

The four Gospels depict Jesus as a man living in Roman Palestine in the first century. This presents a problem for those who would like to say he was nothing but a mythological figure, and they argue ...