Matthew 2:13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 2:14 Then...

"Since your canon (the Bible), your creeds and your core Christian beliefs are so ancient, doesn’t that also make them instruments or expressions of violence? After all, don’t they come out of eras and settings of religious chauvinism, imperial politics, and...

You would think so, from what so many skeptics and non-believers have told me. As evidence they point to the Crusades, the Inquisitions, the Conquest of the Americas, and the Holocaust, all of which had religious elements to their rationales, and which targeted Jews,...

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this...

Matthew 3: 1-11 I never asked to be a prophet; it can be so difficult, and so painful, that it is humanly impossible. If it were up to me, I would be a simple priest with a wife and a family, like my father, Zachariah. What I find most difficult and painful about...

Isaiah 11: 1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of...

(Rev. 7:9) After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their...

2 Thess. 1: 3-43: We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,[b] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance...

16 At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. 17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was...