In today’s Gospel we are treated to the familiar story of the good Samaritan who is held up as a model for us to imitate.

IT’S 4am and I have been struggling to sleep all night owing to the pain of lying on the hard concrete floor, scratching bed bug bites and overcrowding in the cell. Now, some sleep is finally ...

Who Was Jezebel? Although the Bible doesn’t have any specific verses on the term “Jezebel spirit” we can read plenty about the Phoenician woman turned queen Jezebel, and nothing about her is positive.

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses the Declaration of Independence and what inspired the Founders to ...

Definition In Scripture Bible Verses Examples Quotes Idolatry Definition According to Easton's Bible Dictionary, Idolatry is "image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object." Paul describes ...

A Buncombe County bailiff and former detective was fired June 12 after he quoted a Bible verse about the death penalty to a split jury during a first-degree murder trial in Asheville, records show.

The expression comes from verse 23:24 of the Book of Numbers in the Bible: "Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he ...