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The term intermediate state helps Christians discuss a sticky question: what happens between when we die and the final resurrection?

Fat Tuesday has a long history in Christianity, but some of its traditions predate Christianity. For that reason, Christians need to understand Fat Tuesday and some of its history.

Pneumatology isn't just a great word for Scrabble. It's an important religious word for understanding how our spiritual life works.

The division of the Roman Empire into halves changed medieval Christianity and foreshadowed future splits like Protestant Reformation. So what should we know about?

Christians believe in faith by grace. We embrace suffering, deny our sinful natures, confess our wrongs, love everyone, share the story of Jesus’ life, and have hope for eternity with God in heaven. All of this is decidedly opposed to the rest of...

Few women from the Bible receive as much press and intrigue from both Christians and non-Christians alike than Mary Magdalene. We only have one hint at Mary Magdalene’s life before she followed Jesus. When He casts seven (or possibly more) demons...

The Wisdom of Solomon, also known as the Book of Wisdom, is a Jewish text, composed in Greek, created in Alexandria (Egypt). Commonly dated to the late first century BC, the primary subject of the work is "Wisdom" itself, relating to two main...

Eunuchs in the Bible are typically defined as castrated men placed in charge over a king’s harem of wives and concubines. But this lifestyle isn’t the only representation of a eunuch. In the Bible, the Hebrew word saris (eunuch), refers to a man...

The current English Bible consists of 66 books with two distinct sections: The Old Testament and the New Testament. The two sections are arranged this way to highlight the birth of Jesus, with the Old Testament sharing the emerging prophecies of...

The Christian practice of commemorating Christ's body and blood has developed differently for the various branches of Christianity. One teaching about communion, predominant in the Catholic church, is transubstantiation. Let's look at the actual...

Methuselah was the oldest person on record in human history, dying at the age of 969. His name means “Man of the Dart,” or “Man of the Javelin." The Bible does not say much about Methuselah, but what it does reveal is interesting.

The word “apocrypha” comes from the Greek word meaning "hidden" or "secret." Originally, the term was reserved for books with content considered too sacred and grand to make accessible to the general public. Over time, "apocrypha" took on a more...

God’s rest is a state, or place, where God rules and manages his creation, free from the chaos and disorder brought about by sin and rebellion. All who will rest from their own work of bringing their own life under control can enter into God’s...

Contemplative prayer encourages one to put aside petitions and supplications and to ask for more of God and what he desires to reveal by his Holy Spirit. When David said, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10), he emphasized the...

Our walk with God mirrors Psalm 23 because He leads, He knows best, He provides in the moment, He instructs, He corrects, and He knows where the green pasture is today in the seemingly desolate places.

“Kenite Woman Murders Canaanite Army Captain.” So why did Jael do it?

Had he not made Himself alive again, Jesus would have been a liar, therefore a sinner, and not God. Because “He has risen,” we can rise too. Because “He has risen,” hope triumphs in a desperate world.

Clement of Alexandria may not be the best-known church father or the least controversial, but there are excellent reasons to remember his work,

Christmas is one of the few Christian holidays that no one forgets the date for. But how did we reach December 25 in the first place?

When we say “he is risen indeed” at Easter, we follow an interesting Christian tradition that includes the Bible and early church writings, affirming something vital about the Easter story.