This Sunday's lectionary reading for Advent 4 in Year A is Matt 1.18–25. It is a short reading, but laden with significance ...

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A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...

Christmas didn’t begin with Saint Nicholas somewhere in Europe. Kris Kingle, Santa Claus, Father Christmas — he goes by different names in various parts of the world. But Christmas didn’t ...

Nimrod, the first biblical king after the floods, has been the object of mystery and intrigue to historians and biblical ...

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Buddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha"), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia. Buddhism has assumed many different forms, but in each ...

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