The philosopher George Santayana wrote that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Should we add that willful ignorance of history is a sin? Two reasons for saying that. The ...

I was raised on God. That sounds rather strange to say, but from early years I heard stories of one particular God who some call “The God of the Bible.” This Father in Heaven loved me, gave me a ...

Christians throughout history have imagined heaven in many diverse ways: a celestial city (sometimes called the "New Jerusalem"); a kingdom where God resides on a throne; a perpetual feast with an ...

The Bible describes distinct chapters in humanity’s relationship to the divine. The mistake of many modern evangelicals, like ...

For years, scholars have debated whether the miraculous events proclaiming the birth and death of Jesus actually happened. Now, history, science and technology reveal an astounding amount of evidence ...

Joanne M. Pierce is a Roman Catholic member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the USA, a national ecumenical dialogue group sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ...

Robyn J. Whitaker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Excerpted from “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery.” For most of recorded history, human beings situated ...