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

So what is a Christian? The answer is not as easy as you might think. Everything depends on how you define the word.

What many of us may not know, especially if we are Protestant Christians, is that the tradition of eating fish instead of other meats on Fridays originates from a Catholic tradition.

The Divine Comedy is one of the most moving Christian books in literature's history, even if it takes a little background information to understand it. So what inspired this classic?

William Peter Blatty wrote some of the scariest and some of the funniest stories, his faith informing his work in ways that others often found surprising.

Based on solid biblical reasoning, we can conclude that the canon will remain closed, so there is no need for additional books. Pseudepigrapha comes from the Greek word pseudo meaning false, and epigraphein, meaning to inscribe or write falsely.

John Mark Comer, in an excerpt from his newly released book, 'Practicing the Way,' provides insight into Christianity from the viewpoint of apprenticeship. 

Christians should not seek out further revelation from God. There is no need to look out for visions, signs, numbers, or events to receive guidance from God. He speaks through His Word, which is completely inspired and true.

Yearly patterns of worship can help to reinforce daily habits and bring them alive for the believer who tries to picture what it was like to live with Jesus, to lose him, and then to see him alive again.

So long as the believer’s heart and motives are correct, a proper fast, whether during Lent or at some other time in the calendar year, can have enormous spiritual benefits that prepare them for the coming season and bring them closer to the heart...

Advent is a seasonal tradition often celebrated in the Christian faith to prepare for the arrival or coming of Jesus Christ. The advent wreath is used to symbolically commemorate newness, eternal life, and the death and resurrection of the...

The Hebrew Bible contains 24 books, of which we’ve come to know as the Old Testament. Now for those of us who have counted the number of books featured in the first half of our Bibles, we may wonder how the number 39 translates as 24 in the Hebrew...

Maybe you call him St. Nicholas, but have you wondered whether he's a real saint?

St. Francis took great care of a lot of suffering people in his time. Thanks to his help, these desperate people felt dignified with a ray of hope upon experiencing such compassion. In his prayer, the lines “Where there is despair, hope” and...

Listening is an essential part of communication, and God answers. When we have questions or needs, the Lord wants to help us; he wants to speak to us through the indwelling Spirit, through other believers, and through his living Word.

Christians have debated many things over the centuries. However, one of their earliest debates, one that some consider the first proper heresy that the church faced, was over an idea called Arianism.