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A Christian mezuzah popular among Christian TikTok influencers begs the question: Why are starting to Christians co-opt ...

It’s not easy being the only Jewish member of the Texas state house. Rep. Jon Rosenthal, a Democrat, navigates a chamber ...

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has helped brand a Christian Reconstructionist theology called dominionism into concerns ...

The Bible itself contains the most powerful argument against making the Ten Commandments a moral guide for all citizens.

When Jacob later discovered he was cheated and complained to Laban, the father-in-law then made the excuse ... with his brother. Keywords: old testament & art John Grondelski John M.

I’m an Old Testament scholar who cares about God’s law. But posting it in public schools misunderstands who and what it’s for. Efforts to post the Ten Commandments in public schools are not ...

I have been doing a series on my daily Internet radio show entitled, “What Does the Bible Say About Health and Wellness.” I began with creation in the book of Genesis and have progressed to ...

The Old Testament has numerous verses about the eyes ... that I may behold wondrous things out of your law” (Psalm 119:18). Here is some godly truth for those who love Israel (me included ...

Paul repeatedly indicates the Scriptures (Old Testament) taught the death ... “‘all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’ ...

Why? Because we no longer live under the Old Testament law, but now live under the New Testament.” He then went on to quote numerous other Bible scriptures.

At that time, I was too ignorant to know how wrong that was. Why? Because we no longer live under the Old Testament law but now live under the New Testament. Matthew 5:38-39 says, “You have ...